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In 2018, marine biologist Elise Gentry conducted a 36-month trust experiment off the coast of Tahiti.
The shark began to approach Gentry without circling after 21 months. (Photo Credits: Instagram)
A social media video of a woman playing and kissing her “befriended” Great White Shark went viral, raising doubts among internet users about its veracity. Marine biologist Elise Gentry can be seen in the viral clip kissing the juvenile great white she called “Dante.”
According to the caption of the video, Elise Gentry “began a 36-month-long trust experiment off the coast of Tahiti” in 2018. Her goal was to investigate if sharks and humans can develop “interpersonal” bonds with a new approach called Predictive Reciprocity Conditioning (PRC), which evolved from studies on interspecies primates.
Gentry reportedly spent “weeks” with the same “juvenile great white shark.” She supposedly called the shark “Dante” and developed an incredible bond with it in just “30 months,” according to the post’s description.
“No food. No spears. No protective cage. Just gentle energy and stillness,” the post added. The goal was to establish a harmless rhythm that the shark would soon start to identify with security.
According to the Instagram post, the shark began to approach Gentry without circling after 21 months. By month 30, he let her touch his muzzle, something that had never been observed in the wild without reinforcement feeding.
The Instagram post, shared by user ‘ziad_zebra’, received over 425K likes after being shared two days ago.
Check out the bizarre post here:
Netizens were quick to express their opinions after the video of the unusual pair “chilling” together went viral. Some were shocked, while others claimed the video was artificial intelligence (AI) created. While some were left doubting the veracity of the entire story, many appeared to enjoy what they were witnessing.
One commented, “AI is going to get a lot of us white people k*lled.”
“Seems like a good AI,” another comment read.
“Tell that to the guy that thought all the bears in Alaska loved him and then ate him and his girlfriend,” quipped one.
Another said, “Everyone realises this is ai right??? This is not real at all….I’m really worried about how many people think this is actually real. Fake ai video and fake story.”
“The only science in here is AI,” read one comment.
Later, researchers from BlueZone Institute and OceanX examined Elise Gentry’s data and video. Three other great white sharks in the same vicinity showed consistent behavioural reactions, confirming her hypothesis that sharks may be biologically capable of trust-based conditioning.
A team of writers at News18.com bring you stories on what’s creating the buzz on the Internet while exploring science, cricket, tech, gender, Bollywood, and culture.
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