Mexico’s Guadalupe Island is seasonal home to dozens of adult great white sharks, but as far as anyone knows, none is as large as a monstrous female nicknamed Deep Blue.
The massive predator, measuring 20-plus feet and boasting the girth of a fat hippo, was featured last year by the Discovery network, which aired part of a tagging effort that involved local researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla.
One of the researchers involved in the effort, Mauricio Hoyos Padilla, discovered footage from the excursion in his computer this week, GrindTV reports.
The shark, believed to be at least 50 years old, is seen in the video swimming around a roofless cage near Mexico's Guadalupe Island.
One diver in the cage is seen getting dangerously close to the massive, then-heavily pregnant fish and touching one of its fins.
In addition to her massive size, the shark is recognizable by her many scars.
In the documentary, the narrator explains that large, vertical slashes on Deep Blue's left flank could be the result of fights with sharks or mating.
The fish has a large, gaping hole on her right trunk and her dorsal fin and tail appear to be scraped and damaged.
That’s prime time for shark sightings at Guadalupe, which is located 165 miles west of Ensenada, in Baja California.
After researchers tagged the beast, she led them to an elephant seal colony -- a typical meal for an adult great white shark.
Great whites, the largest predatory fish on earth, typically grow to 15 feet in length, with some, like Deep Blue, exceeding 20 feet in length and weighing up to 5,000 pounds, according to National Geographic.
The massive predator, measuring 20-plus feet and boasting the girth of a fat hippo, was featured last year by the Discovery network, which aired part of a tagging effort that involved local researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla.
One of the researchers involved in the effort, Mauricio Hoyos Padilla, discovered footage from the excursion in his computer this week, GrindTV reports.
The shark, believed to be at least 50 years old, is seen in the video swimming around a roofless cage near Mexico's Guadalupe Island.
One diver in the cage is seen getting dangerously close to the massive, then-heavily pregnant fish and touching one of its fins.
In addition to her massive size, the shark is recognizable by her many scars.
In the documentary, the narrator explains that large, vertical slashes on Deep Blue's left flank could be the result of fights with sharks or mating.
The fish has a large, gaping hole on her right trunk and her dorsal fin and tail appear to be scraped and damaged.
That’s prime time for shark sightings at Guadalupe, which is located 165 miles west of Ensenada, in Baja California.
After researchers tagged the beast, she led them to an elephant seal colony -- a typical meal for an adult great white shark.
Great whites, the largest predatory fish on earth, typically grow to 15 feet in length, with some, like Deep Blue, exceeding 20 feet in length and weighing up to 5,000 pounds, according to National Geographic.
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