“Shark bites are almost the consequence of density of humans in the water and density of sharks in the water,” Naylor said. Though shark attacks are rare (88 unprovoked attacks and 30 provoked occurred during 2017), they have been in the news recently, something Naylor attributed to population density. “Orcas are very smart and they work together - they’re pack hunters,” Naylor added.
“It’s an older animal and when you look at the distribution of any animal, it’s the larger animals that are older,” Naylor told Fox News in an interview.ĭespite her epic size, orcas, a great white shark’s natural predator, wouldn’t have any issues taking Deep Blue down. It’s likely that Deep Blue became so big simply because of her age, said Gavin Naylor, program director at the Florida Program for Shark Research. It’s estimated that Deep Blue, who has become so famous that she has her own Twitter account, is nearly 50 years old, Discovery found.Īccording to a 2014 study, great white sharks have an average lifespan of 70 years, though it varies between male and females. Hoyos Padilla captured the incredible footage near Guadalupe Island, off the west coast of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.
In the video, Deep Blue swims up to the cage and a diver pushes the shark as it pokes around before it eventually swims away. Shark conservationist Mauricio Hoyos Padilla captured footage of the massive beast nearly three years ago, while doing work for Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” programming. The great white shark known as Deep Blue is nearly 20 feet long and is thought to be the largest great white ever caught on film. Shark attacks: What you know about sharks is wrong Shaq pulled from water after shark wiggles through bars of enclosureįlorida scientists discover new 'alien-like' shark with huge eyes
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