These images may provide the world's first-ever look at a live newborn great white shark

Great white sharks are among the most notable of the ocean's apex predators, but a crucial part of their existence has never before been recorded, or even seen – until now. For the first time ever, an infant great white shark is believed to have been caught on camera, shortly after it was born. 

For years, wildlife photographer and videographer Carlos Gauna has ventured out to spend hours filming sharks, a process that he calls seeking to uncover "the secret lives of sharks." 

"I want to kind of tell the story of what sharks do when we aren't watching, we aren't interacting with them, when we're not touching them," he told CBS. News. "...And through that experience, I've seen some sharks doing some really wild things, things that have no explanation. ... You never know what you're going to see."