Diver Takes A Casual Swim With A 20-Foot-Long Great White Shark In Hawaii Like It's No Big Deal

Forget swimming with it, even the word shark is enough to make some people faint. But for this deep sea diver and marine biologist, sharks are just adorable friends and these pictures of him swimming around with a 20-foot giant white shark is proof enough.

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A 20-foot-long great white shark, believed to be one of the largest in the world, swam right at the divers then began to check out their boats, Reuters quoted Ocean Ramsey, one of the marine biologists as saying.

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PHOTO BY @juansharks ????? Maybe my fav photo of me (@oceanramsey) and Shark ohana ? of all time so far ??? It¡¯s so hard to choose, so many beautiful moments I am so eternally grateful for sharks please help save them. I am without words and at the same time I think I never stop speaking up for sharks, I am grateful beyond measure for my experiences and what they have taught me. This photo was taken yesterday off my home waters of Oahu, Hawaii when hey Shark I think I¡¯ve met previously in Isla Guadalupe graced us with her big beautiful incredible presence ? I headed out with my team from @oneoceandiving (my ?? @juansharks ) and @mermaid_kayleigh @forrest.in.focus @camgrantphotography for a day I will never forget. I¡¯ve been trying to get the bill re-introduced in Hawaii to ban the purposeful killing of sharks and rays and this just feels like the biggest sign to keep pushing forward for more protection for them. Shark populations around the planet are severely declined. They need protection from targeted shark fishing for shark been soup and sport fishing. Please speak up in your own community and help support international efforts. #helpsavesharks #savesharks #shark #greatwhiteshark #sharks #oceanramseyandgreatwhite #oceanramseygreatwhite PHOTO BY #JUANSHARKS #Sharkphotographer #Sharkarma #savetheocean #instagood Join me at my team to learn about sharks OneOceanDiving.Com @oneoceanresearch @oneoceanconservation @oneoceaneducation @oneoceanglobal @oneoceanhawaii @waterinspired New conservation benefit tiger shark biomimicry wetsuit by @xcelwetsuits #instagram #discoversharks #instagood #ocean #incredible #amazing #beautiful Photo by @juansharks ???????

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"Deep Blue came up and brushed up against the boat, maybe she's pregnant, maybe she's itchy?" Ramsey wrote on Instagram. "We spent the entire day with her till the sun went down."

"The water is usually too warm in Hawaii for these kinds of sharks to swim in, which makes the sighting all the most extraordinary," Ramsey said.

"Even smaller sharks are capable predators who need and deserve respect. However, they are not the mindless monsters they are portrayed in the media, as you can see. In my experience, this is the most mellow white shark I have ever had the privilege and honor of meeting."

"It¡¯s just so sad that so many people around the world would think ¡®monster¡¯ and want to kill her".

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I waited quietly, patiently, observing as she swam up to the dead sperm whale carcass and then slowly to me passing close enough I gently put my hand out to maintain a small space so her girth could pass. I know some people criticize touch but what some don¡¯t realize is that sometimes sharks seek touch, she swam away escorted by two rough-toothed dolphins who danced around her over to one of my @oneoceandiving shark research vessels and proceeded to use it as a scratching post, passing up feeding for another need. I wish more people would have a connection with sharks and the natural world, because then they would understand that it¡¯s not petting sharks or pushing them off to maintain a respectable space that is hurting sharks (because trust me if she didn¡¯t like being pet she can handle and communicate ?) it¡¯s the wasteful and cruel practice of grabbing and catching sharks to cut off their fins (which slowly kills them) for #sharkfinsoup in a process called #sharkfinning or the wasteful #sharkfishing or #sharksportfishing If it bothers you that I touched the shark please click on one of the hashtags above and leave them a negative comment first ? #HelpSaveSharks #SpreadAwareness #FinBanNow #bansharkfinning #Sharkfin Vid shot on my @gopro #gopro3000 #goproforacause out with @oneoceandiving with @juansharks ?? @mermaid_kayleigh ? @camgrantphotography ?? @forrest.in.focus ? @oneoceanresearch @oneoceanglobal @waterinspired @oneoceansharks @oneoceanhawaii @oneoceaneducation #savetheocean #sharktouch #touchingsharks #oneoceanteam #discoversharks #discoverocean #greatwhitesharkinhawaii #freedivingwithsharks #whitesharkhawaii #deadwhalehawaii #dolphinsandsharks #?? #Hawaii #sharka ???

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Sightings of great white sharks are rare in Hawaii, where the water is too warm.

¡°Deep Blue,¡± was also the subject of a documentary several years ago, had previously been spotted around Guadalupe Island off Mexico.

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