Marine biologist Giancarlo Thomae was kayaking in California’s Monterey Bay when he captured this remarkable drone footage of baby great white sharks circling him in the water.

Thomae says that for the last three months, 20 or so baby great white sharks have been spotted in this region.

In this footage he says, “these greatly misunderstood animals are not the man-eating monsters that they are made out to be.” Credit: Giancarlo Thomae/thomaephotography.com via Storyful