Ocean Ramsey

Sharks count among the creatures which most people are scared of. I’m probably not very wrong when I blame a very popular Hollywood movie for this phenomenon. Ocean Ramsey also sees it this way and aims to put the bad reputations sharks have and all the panic, which mainly movies like “Jaws” have caused, in a realistic light. Over and over again she emphasizes that in the man-shark-universe sharks are the ones that have to fear for their lives and that, in relation to the actual shark attacks which – nobody denies it – certainly happen, many more sharks are killed by mankind than vice versa. Also due to the increasing pollution of the oceans sharks and many other animals in the sea are exposed to great dangers. They swallow waste products of civilization and thus perish painfully.

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Life is just how you look at it. I love the realization that in any given situation I have the choice to look at life from multiple perspectives. Consciously choosing my perspective, the way I look at things, means that I choose my reality.  Life is how you choose to look at it.  Some people have the perception that sharks are bad, in my perspective they are one of the most incredible animals to spend time with 💙🦈💙 PHOTO BY ❤️ @juansharks #TigerSharkWetsuit by @xcelwetsuits coming spring 2019. #underwater #freedive #sharks #shark #ocean #juansharks #oceanramsey #life #perspective #beautful #bikini #savetheocean #savetheocean #exploreunderwater #gobeyond #deal #dontcrackunderpressure #oneocean #oneoceandiving #oneoceanglobal #travel #hawaii #bahamas #blue #freediver #pelagic

A post shared by Ocean Ramsey #OceanRamsey (@oceanramsey) on Jun 26, 2018 at 11:49am PDT

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Reef and beach clean up tomorrow for #earthday at #makairesearchpier 9am-1pm @oneoceanconservation @sustainablecoastlineshawaii Hope to have you join the party 😉🎉 PHOTO BY @juansharks of a PREDATOR PARTY #baitball fish buffet. These types of predation events are rare and exciting and I am very fortunate to have seen and experience quite a few over my lifetime. This one off #socorro was one of the mellowest but still very exciting but generally you need to work hard to keep the fish from trying to hide around you because that would be a dangerous situation “don’t be the bait ball.” I’ve been lucky enough to visit the #galapagosislands and #cocosisland and one of the trips I did with #drsylviaearle of @mission_blue we saw perhaps over ten bait balls one after the next with dolphins, tuna, sharks, and birds working together to consume all of the fish. What was really exciting about this encounter was getting to share it with so many people and also the fact that this was the first trip in years where I only saw maybe one floating plastic bag. Even the huge bait balls off of cocos were often started with fish that had been hiding under drifting plastics. The problem comes when the predators try to eat the fish they eat the plastic too. Come help clean up the beach tomorrow and have a happy #beautiful earthday. SPECIAL CONGRATS to @eliasharks on graduating from @byuhawaii today!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 So proud of you ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈#sharkohana

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Ocean Ramsey is a biologist specializing on sharks, an ethologist, an environmental protector, a free diver, a diving instructor and a model. Every day and all around the world she works on studying sharks and other marine creatures to increase and spread our knowledge of these mythical animals and primarily to save their lives.

One of her most useful tools for this mission is Instagram. Ocean Ramsey has got more than 450,000 followers and shares her encounters with the sharks, whales etc. in her magical looking underwater photos and videos. Mostly we can see her swimming or dancing, as she calls it, with sharks and other marine creatures. And the longer we keep clicking through her feed, the more we start to realize that the ocean is home to incredibly precious creatures and that the fear of mankind is often based on ignorance. Ocean Ramsey dives into the depths without compressed air cylinders, which makes the photos look even more magical. As if she were part of this underwater world, she swims with whales, sharks, rays etc. through the deep blue world and has her pictures taken by her friend Juan Oliphant. She doesn’t seem to be scared when doing all this. The Hawaiian biologist looks like she was born for this mission and I only hope she is going to make a big contribution so more and more people begin to think about protecting the ocean and its inhabitants.

If you want to learn more about the work of Ocean Ramsey or if you’d even like to help, just take a look at the website of her non-profit organization Water Inspired.

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The best way to do #pushups 😂 😍 🦖 #trexhatespushups @xcelwetsuits @oneoceandesigns #LavaYou @juansharks Photo by #JuanSharks #Freediving w @daniel.hulme @oneoceanglobal @savingjawsmovie #savingjawsmovie #workoutmotivation #freediving #sharks #funny #freediver #freedivingphotos #girlswhofreedive #plank #Chathuranga #gobeyond #dontcrackunderpressure #oneocean #oceanramsey #explore #oneoceanglobalambassador

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Thank you for helping #savesharks #savetheocean and speaking up for those without a voice. #oneocean #savingjawsmovie PHOTO BY @juansharks #TigerSharkWetsuit by @xcelwetsuits

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• Tag: diving, environmental destruction, Environmental photography, instagram, nature photography, ocean, sharks, underwater photography, Wales

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