Every now and then you meet someone whose name matches their personality so perfectly that you question whether or not their parents were wizards.

That’s definitely the case for Ocean Ramsey (yes, that is her real name), a diver who, if you check out her Instagram feed, seems to spend very little time on dry land.

Ramsey was recently presented with the opportunity of a lifetime when a famous 50-year-old shark, named Deep Blue, was spotted eating a dead sperm whale nine miles off the coast of Oahu, a Hawaiian island.

Ramsey didn’t want to pass up the chance to swim with Deep Blue, so she did:

This was only the third ever sighting of Deep Blue, who was last spotted in Mexico, reports the Telegraph.

The divers stumbled upon her while looking for tiger sharks in the area earlier this week and were quick to photograph themselves swimming alongside the great white.

…Deep Blue, who may live until around the age of 70, is very likely pregnant at the moment and could give birth off the coast of Baja, Mexico or California in the spring.

Deep Blue is so famous that she even has her own Twitter account. Ramsey documented her chill session with the shark on Instagram:

 

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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. 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 @oneoceandiving shark research vessels and proceeded to use it as a scratching post, passing up feeding for another need. 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 @gopro #gopro3000 #goproforacause out with @oneoceandiving with @juansharks ❤️ @mermaid_kayleigh @camgrantphotography ❤️ @forrest.in.focus @oneoceanresearch @oneoceanglobal @waterinspired @oneoceansharks @oneoceanhawaii @oneoceaneducation #savetheocean #sharktouch #touchingsharks #oneoceanteam #discoversharks #discoverocean #greatwhitesharkinhawaii #freedivingwithsharks #whitesharkhawaii #deadwhalehawaii #dolphinsandsharks # #Hawaii #sharka

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Ramsey (below) was criticised on social media for touching Deep Blue, but she claims that sharks sometimes “seek touch”.

Ocean Ramsey, told the Honolulu Star Advertiser: “She was just this big beautiful gentle giant wanting to use our boat as a scratching post. We went out at sunrise, and she stayed with us pretty much throughout the day.”

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.

…”It’s not petting sharks or pushing them off to maintain a respectable space that is hurting sharks… it’s the wasteful and cruel practice of grabbing and catching sharks to cut off their fins”.

Some of Ramsey’s recent Instagram posts, as an aside:

I’m still not keen to pet a shark, but what do I know –  that’s just my healthy sense of self-preservation talking.

Speaking to Mother Board, George Burgess, a former professor at the University of Florida, warned: “Most of the time, that shark won’t turn around and bite you”.

“But when it does, you’ll end up as a statistic on the International Shark Attack File, and the news headline won’t be ‘Stupid human dies chasing a 20 foot shark’, it will be ‘Shark kills human’, and that activity is very bad for conservation efforts.”

In other words, sharks are friends, not food, and don’t be a stupid human. Follow those rules and everything will be fine.

Thanks, Sammo.

[source:telegraph]