![]() ![]() The diver hit out at critics on Instagram, writing in a post: "I know some people criticise touch but what some don’t realize is that sometimes sharks seek touch. Ms Ramsey cautioned against swimming anywhere where sharks were feeding but told the newspaper sharks would only attack humans if they were curious or if they mistook people for their normal prey. We went out at sunrise, and she stayed with us pretty much throughout the day." Sharks did not intentionally seek out humans for consumption but they are large powerful prayers and they should be afforded that respect."Īnother one of the divers, Ocean Ramsey, told the Honolulu Star Advertiser: "She was just this big beautiful gentle giant wanting to use our boat as a scratching post. "I’m a professional diver and wildlife photographer with a lot of experience in the water with large apex predators, human and not. "In this particular situation I was with scientists and we went out anticipating large marine predators so we were properly prepared but it is not an activity that I would recommend for everyone. "Yes absolutely there are risks involved in diving with any wild animals," she told The Telegraph. ![]() 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 #gopro3000 #goproforacause out with with ❤️ □ ❤️ □ #savetheocean #sharktouch #touchingsharks #oneoceanteam #discoversharks #discoverocean #greatwhitesharkinhawaii #freedivingwithsharks #whitesharkhawaii #deadwhalehawaii #dolphinsandsharks #□□ #Hawaii #sharka □□□Ī post shared by Ocean Ramsey #OceanRamsey on at 4:56pm PST 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 shark research vessels and proceeded to use it as a scratching post, passing up feeding for another need. SHARKS: Should we fear sharks? Or should they fear us?īOOKS: I have a literary crush on Colson Whitehead, and so should you.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. HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - There’s been a rare sighting in Hawaii waters of what’s believed to be the biggest great white shark on record. RESCUE: That time I found a lost wild bird & took it by taxi from the WTC to the Upper West Side Thank you! MORE STORIES BY KELLY-JANE COTTER: Read more of my stories below, follow me reach me at and please consider supporting local journalism with a subscription. I love animals and the people who study and care for them, and I'll pretty much go through anything if it gives me a good story to tell. In the program, animal behaviorist Brandon McMillan and shark diver Jimi Partington return to Guadalupe Island, off the coast of Mexico, to search for Deep Blue, in hopes of learning more about the ways of mega-sharks. "Legend of Deep Blue" airs at 9 p.m. July 29 on Discovery. Shark Week programming on the Discovery Channel also features Deep Blue. RELATED: Great white shark pups now near Long Branch and Sea Bright July 18 and "Shark Movers: Deadly Cargo," 10 p.m. July 17 "Forecast: Shark Attack," 10 p.m. SharkFest programming on Nat Geo also includes "Man Vs. McKeever, whose love of the ocean began with summers at his grandmother's house in Spring Lake, will appear at Word Bookstore in Jersey City on July 29, and in New York City on July 30. ![]() McKeever, a shark advocate and ocean conservationist, is on tour promoting "Emperors Of The Deep," a science-drive account of sharks and the life-threatening challenges they face from humans. ![]()
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