A 12-foot-long great white shark has been named after basketball legend Kobe Bryant
The 12-foot-long shark was spotted in the Pacific Ocean near Guadalupe Island, Mexico, which is a gathering spot for white sharks, according to Michael Domeier with the Marine Conservation Science Institute. The shark is a young adult and is new to the area, he said.Kobe Bryant and Martin Graf in September of 2013. Bryant had to wear a pair of his Nikes to dive with the sharks.
He was on a cruise ship with limited internet access, but Cindy Michaels, the director of communications for Shark Diver shared the story with CNN.Vanessa Bryant honored her husband and daughter as the Lakers paid tribute to them She says he met up with their dive boat in a private yacht."He got into our cages and he spent a good short chunk of the day, hanging out on the boat and in the cages," she said.
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