Divers removing abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck in the Strait of Sicily were stunned when a massive great white shark appeared at a depth of 40 meters, prompting one diver to say: 'My fingers were shaking. We never expected it'

Volunteer divers had the astonishing encounter while retrieving abandoned fishing nets from a shipwreck.

The footage is believed to be the first ever captured of an adult great white shark in the Mediterranean Sea in his natural habitat.