Deep Blue, largest great white shark ever recorded, back in spotlight
Yahoo News UK••world
Key Points:
- Seven years ago, footage began circulating of Deep Blue, believed to be the largest great white shark ever documented, measuring at least 20 feet long and comparable in girth to a pregnant hippo.
- Cinematographer Mike Bolton revealed on Friday that he captured the original 2013 footage of Deep Blue near Mexico’s Guadalupe Island, showing the massive shark dwarfing an open-top cage and allowing a diver to touch her pectoral fin.
- Bolton’s video is considered the first documented evidence of Deep Blue’s existence, estimating her length at 20 to 21 feet, weight around 4,500 pounds, and age between 50 to 60 years.
- He described Deep Blue as the "queen of the female
