Finally, here is a video showing Deep Blue, A. (White sharks are known to feast on whale carcasses.) Newly found footage of the 20-foot long great white was recorded off Mexico’s Guadalupe Island by shark expert Mauricio Hoyos Padilla in 2013. He reached a size of 7 m (23 feet) for these huge Great Whites (Michael D. The shark, although inquisitive, did not seem to regard Verbeck as prey.Ĭarl Meyer of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology told KHON 2 that white sharks might be attracted to island waters by the seasonal abundance of humpback whales.
They grow to an average of 15 feet in length, though. “And I just shot as much as I could as she went by, and she just disappeared back off the drop, then I was just shaking like, ‘Woah! That was insane!’ ” Found in cool, coastal waters around the world, great whites are the largest predatory fish on Earth.
“It just kept getting bigger and bigger and I was like, ‘That is for sure, 100% a great white,’ ” Verbeck said. The renowned freediver told KHON 2 that he first thought he had spotted a tiger shark but quickly recognized the classic shape of a large female white shark. After the encounter, Verbeck joked on Facebook: “Well check this one off the list of things ‘I shouldn’t have been swimming with.’ My first ever GREAT WHITE SHARK! And it happened to be in Kona and a 5-minute drive from my house!”ĪLSO ON FTW OUTDOORS: Great white sharks tracked to ‘infamous’ California surfing beach
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