When a great white shark approaches you it’s best to keep an eye on its teeth. But this shark turned into a snappy slapper as it belted a photographer with its tail.
Photographer Don Carpenter was in a cage off Guadalupe Island, Mexico when the male shark approached.
He said: ‘I could see this large male Great White come out of the gloom.
Ouch! Don Carpenter was put in his place by this Great White shark after it slapped him in the face with its tail
Served: Don likened the move to ‘being slapped in the face by your girlfriend’
‘He was on his way over to check me out when I started taking pictures.
‘Obviously you’re always thinking what might happen if it suddenly lunges for you, as I was hanging out the side of the cage where there is a decent size gap.’ Don, from Lubbock, Texas, continued:
‘As it turned, I dropped my guard slightly and I was busily snapping away when its tail came crashing into the side of my head and camera.
‘It was a bit like getting slapped by your girlfriend. Over here we call it a bitch slap.
‘He didn’t even give me a kiss.’ He added: ‘I grabbed the camera and turned around and you can see the look of the other divers after I got slapped.
‘They thought it was hilarious.’
No pictures please: The Great White appeared a little camera shy during his encounter with the photographer
