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Insólito encuentro y hasta caricias con monstruoso tiburón blanco

Es la criatura con la que nadie quisiera toparse en el mar. Se llama Deep Blue, la mítica hembra tiburón blanco más grande de los océanos que alguna vez se haya avistado, de 6 metros de largo y unas 2.5 toneladas.

A menos que se trate de Ocean Ramsey, la bióloga marina, buceadora y modelo que añora estos escalofriantes encuentros, temidos por el resto del mundo. Ella y colegas buzos profesionales se encontraban esta semana explorando las aguas en las costas de Hawai.

Y, de pronto, hizo una sorpresiva aparición el voraz depredador, pero, contrariamente a las escenas ficticias del Tiburón de Steven Spileberg, este gran ejemplar al parecer quería cariño.

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#Jaws was a fictitious film whose poster kind of looks like this, so this is my effort at an Anti-Jaws type media piece @savingjawsmovie . I’ve been swimming with sharks my whole life and working professionally with them for over 15 years. There’s a challenge I have in my efforts, to find a balance between helping people to overcome their fear of sharks that often stems for fictitious demonizing media and instilling a healthy level of respect for sharks as very capable apex predators #ApexPredatorNotMonster not puppy (cause if you pet puppies often even puppies bite, actually a lot ;)). Having worked with sharks for so long I can fully appreciate what they are capable of because I have been rushed by sharks and had to deter them and I have had to leave the water and I have watched them actively predate and compete for space and have confrontations. However, I’ve also had the most incredible moments of my life in the water with them where 99.9% of the time they cruise gracefully around and so long as I keep looking around and pay attention constantly and quietly and give respect and attention to the more dominant individuals and challenging juveniles on a CONSTANT bases I am treated as more or less an equal predator. Never complacent, always respectful and adapting at every second to every movement. I reached the point long ago where I dedicated my life to conservation and I love it, I love educating people about sharks and introducing them to them in a professional guided situation through the program I co-founded @oneoceandiving where we also collect data @oneoceanresearch @oneoceansharks and help support conservation through @Oneoceanconservation and @OneoceanEducation and @Oneoceanglobal @Waterinspired @oneoceanhawaii and other with funds from @oneoceandesigns and diving I love studying shark behavior and body language and its an absolute pleasure to share that with people and help them to better appreciate sharks and I hope inspire them to help save them. Check out http://HelpSaveSharks.Org for more ways to get involved. #Aloha #hawaii #greatWhiteHawaii #SaveTheOcean #ocean #discoversharks #oneoceanconservation #OneOceanDiving PHOTO CREDIT @juansharks

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Imágenes que se han hecho virales por el insólito comportamiento muestran el acercamiento entre la buceadora y el animal, que estaba flanqueada por dos delfines bailando a su alrededor, según describió la experta.

“Esperé tranquilamente, pacientemente, observando mientras ella nadaba hacia el cadáver de la ballena muerta y luego lentamente hacia mí”, escribió en su cuenta de Instagram al compartir un video en el que explica que a veces los tiburones buscan el tacto.

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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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En declaraciones al diario Honolulu Star Advertiser, Ramsey describió a Deep Blue como “una gigante hermosa y gentil, que quería usar nuestro bote como superficie para rascarse. Llegamos al amanecer y ella se quedó con nosotros casi todo el día”.

Relató que habían estado filmando a tiburones tigre que se separaron apenas llegó el gigantesco escualo de 50 años de edad. “Y ella comenzó a rozar nuestro bote”, describió.

El ancho inusitado de Deep Blue, concluyó la bióloga, pudiera ser un indicio de que está preñada.

Las fotos y videos de Ramsey han captado la atención de personas alrededor del mundo maravilladas por el tamaño del tiburón, quienes elogian a la biólogo por emplear las imágenes de sus encuentros cercanos con tiburones para fomentar conciencia sobre los esfuerzos de conservación.

“El objetivo principal es la protección de los tiburones”, dijo Ramsey en declaraciones al Washington Post. La experta ha abogado a favor de un proyecto de ley que prohibiría la matanza deliberada de tiburones y rayas en Hawai.

“Necesito que la gente vea que no son monstruos para que puedan cuidarse lo suficiente, o respetarlos lo suficiente, solo para darles la misma protección que se ha concedido a los delfines y las ballenas”, subrayó.

Esta historia fue publicada originalmente el 19 de enero de 2019, 0:34 p. m. with the headline "Insólito encuentro y hasta caricias con monstruoso tiburón blanco."

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