Wildlife enthusiast and cameraman Ewan Wilson got more than he bargained for on a shark cage diving trip, when a 12-foot great white shark came incredibly close to his GoPro camera.

The surprise encounter was filmed in Mossel Bay, South Africa on July 24, 2018.

The camera was attached to a three-foot-pole so neither the photographer nor the animal was in any danger. However the shark came terrifyingly close to taking home Ewan's camera.

Wilson commented: "The shine from the GoPro's underwater casing would have tricked the shark into thinking it was a strange looking fish and maybe a meal.

"Although the animal's approach may seem aggressive it was a slow and thought-out approach, where the intelligent animal sizes up the camera and decides that it does not look good to eat."

Wildlife enthusiast and cameraman Ewan Wilson gets a lot more than he bargains on a shark cage diving trip when a 12ft great white shark comes incredibly close to his go pro camera. The camera was attached to a 3ft pole so the nether the photographer nor the animal was in any danger. However the shark came terrifyingly close to taking home Ewan's camera.

The shine from the GoPro's underwater casing would have tricked the shark into thinking it was a strange looking fish and maybe a meal. Although the animals approach may seem aggressive it was a slow and thought out approach where the intelligent animal sizes up the camera and decides that it dose not look good to eat.