One day, Ocean Ramsey and her group were off the shore of Oahu, Hawaii when they had the experience of a life time.
The world-renowned aquatic biologist and preservationist and her group from One Sea Diving came across the largest terrific white shark ever recorded.
They had the ability to spend a great deal of time with the marvelous 20 ft female as well as learn a great deal regarding her.
She consistently brushed up against their boat, certainly making her existence understood to the group, and this may be due to a vital factor.
“There is a theory that big females come here when they are possibly expecting routing whales,” Ramsey says.
“There was a dead sperm whale in the location as well as we did observe her from a distance swimming over to it and also consuming it often throughout the day.”
“Sharks [play a] function in the ecological community, to pick off the dead, passing away, weak, wounded, unwell, damaged, and so on consequently maintaining lower trophic levels healthy and also in balance.”
Photos such as among Ramsey communicating with the shark are a minor picture of exactly how One Ocean Diving would like the general public to view sharks.
These magnificent aquatic giants’ populations are declining in Hawaii as a result of the absence of laws regarding their massacre.
Not just is the organization on a mission to collect information on shark behaviors to help preservation, yet additionally to educate the public on exactly how to have a favorable communication with them.
“I have so much regard for sharks for their ecological function, scientifically, culturally in Hawaii as aumakua, as well as from a preservation viewpoint I have actually committed my life to defending them and also educating others about them and also their predicament while studying to remain to recognize more concerning them,” states Ramsey.
“We wish these pictures and video clips will certainly trigger a movement for more laws to safeguard sharks right here in Hawaii as well as around the world.”
To discover what you can do to aid, take a look at Help Save Sharks and One Ocean Preservation.
