WATCH: Great white shark plays with camera equipment
A research team was in the area surveying for sharks as part of a project called Global Fin Print when they captured the footage.
VIDEO footage of a great white shark playing with an underwater camera kit has gone viral. The video captured by Massey University researchers shows the shark, known as Kermit, repeatedly picking up a camera rig from the ocean floor, taking it to the surface and dropping it again off the coast of New Zealand.
Since it was uploaded it has been viewed more than 30 000 times.
Dr Adam Smith of Massey said the team was in the area surveying for sharks as part of a project called Global Fin Print.
“The shark is attracted by some big pieces of tuna, which are in that bait canister that you see in the footage,” Dr Smith said. “He smells it, it smells good, he’s turning up to have a look.” he told One News New Zealand.
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