{"id":12515,"date":"2022-11-01T21:16:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T03:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadmarketing.com.mx\/buceador-y-tiburon-gigante-vistos-en-encuentro-viral-se-habian-conocido-antes-internacionales-titulares-ar\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T21:16:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T03:16:39","slug":"diver-and-giant-shark-seen-in-viral-encounter-had-met-before-international-headlines-ar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadmarketing.com.mx\/en\/instagram\/diver-and-giant-shark-seen-in-viral-encounter-had-met-before-international-headlines-ar\/","title":{"rendered":"Diver and giant shark seen in viral encounter had met before \u2013 International \u2013 Headlines.ar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hawaiian conservationist Ocean Ramsey has stunned viewers on Instagram after a tense encounter with a tiger shark that turned out to be one of her old friends.
Ramsey, who has been swimming with sharks for more than 20 years, is passionate about shark conservation and aims to change the stigma surrounding the ocean predators. Her calm demeanor after coming face to face with a massive tiger shark that appeared to be lunging at her could do just that.
The viral video, posted Saturday on Instagram by Ramsey and shark photographer Juan Oliphant, shows Ramsey preparing to dive when a massive tiger shark leaps out of the water. Ramsey backed away in time for the shark's gaping jaws to graze his fins.
Ramsey is quite familiar with the 16-foot-long shark. According to a follow-up post about the incident, he revealed that he has actually been diving with the shark, whom he named Queen Nikki, for decades.
While she and Queen Nikki share a long-standing friendship, Ramsey admitted that she entered the water too quickly and the shark responded to her actions. But she greeted the shark enthusiastically once it was out of danger.
\u201cHey, Nikki!\u201d Ramsey said in the video just as the shark jumped out of the water.
Ramsey and Oliphant approached the encounter with nonchalance. According to the Instagram post, Ramsey knew when to \u201crespectfully back off.\u201d
"I love that tiger shark, I grew up with that tiger shark," Ramsey said in a interview<\/a> with This Day<\/em> Tuesday morning. \u201cI think we were teenagers at the same time together.\u201d
\u201cI jumped in the water too fast,\u201d Ramsey said. \u201cAnd she totally, she reacted to that. She was close enough with enough speed that it looked like she was actually heading for the tips of my fins. I could see her speed. I knew I needed to back off at that point.\u201d
Ramsey made it clear that although sharks are predators, people often have the wrong idea and mistreat them.
\u201cWe can co-exist, it just needs to be done with respect for their important role as apex predators, they are not monsters,\u201d Ramsey wrote on Instagram. \u201cI don\u2019t want people to get the wrong idea about sharks, or [Nikki], she\u2019s amazing and also usually the more dominant person of course.\u201d
Ramsey compared the shark to an \u201cold grandmother\u201d who kept \u201cbrave young men\u201d in check.
He also offered advice to swimmers, suggesting they avoid murky water when possible, minimize splashing and opt out of bright, high-contrast clothing. If someone is purposely diving with sharks, Ramsey urged them to dangle a brightly colored object so the shark has a \u201cstriking target\u201d other than the swimmer.
news week<\/em> contacted Ramsey for comment.<\/p>\n