This is one of the world's largest great white sharks

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Encountering One of the World's Largest Great White Sharks
Encountering One of the World's Largest Great White Sharks


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This video shows what is believed to be the largest great white shark ever caught on camera.

Also known as 'Deep Blue', this magnificent 20ft long creature was captured on film near Mexico's Guadalupe Island, and the footage and featured on Discovery Channel show Jaws Strikes Back in 2013.

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The female shark female was tagged at the time, and videographer Mauricio Hoyos Padilla released footage of her interacting with the divers inside a cage.

Shortly after the predator led the group of researchers to where she's believed to feed: an elephant seal colony.

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At the time the fish was filmed she was pregnant and measured over six metres in length.

Great whites are the world's largest predatory fish, according to Discovery. They grow to be about 15 to 20 feet (4.6 to 6.1 meters) or more and can weigh more than 5,000 lbs. (2,268 kilograms). Though massive, the great white is not the biggest shark. This classification goes to the whale shark, which is not considered a predatory fish.



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