Wearing Jeans, Ship’s Captain Jumps into Water Basket with 14-Foot Great White Shark [VIDEO]

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Captain of the M/V OCEARCH, Brett McBride, Image (c) OCEARCH

The non-profit ocean research group OCEARCH is at it again, doing good things for mother nature.

On 3 March, their team captured, tagged, studied, and released a 2000+ pound, 14-foot, female great white shark off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. They named it Lydia after the founder of Bradley University, a long time friend of expedition sponsor Caterpillar.

Here’s the video of their successful catch and release:

For more information about OCEARCH and an exclusive gCaptain interview with its founder, Chris Fischer, please click HERE.

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3 Responses to Wearing Jeans, Ship’s Captain Jumps into Water Basket with 14-Foot Great White Shark [VIDEO]

  1. avatar Andrian Lumi says:
    March 6, 2013 at 2:13 am

    MORNING CAPT`, BREAKFAST TO LUNCH, THANK.

  2. avatar Vincent Frazzetta says:
    March 6, 2013 at 4:59 pm

    …many, many thanks for what you do in countering the most destructive force on the face of the earth: us…

  3. avatar Mark Kawa says:
    March 7, 2013 at 3:48 pm

    Very Cool!