Monster of the deep: Giant 'Jaws' savages great white shark By Mirror.co.uk 16:05, 27 Oct 2009 Updated 19:25, 28 Jan 2012 ...

Jaws is an iconic piece of cinema, but it really jumped the shark when it came to great whites. Discover what mistakes Jaws made about great white sharks and why they don’t really deserve their killer ...

His fascination with sharks continued to grow and, as his wife, Wendy Benchley, told The Daily Jaws, the success of the stories allowed him to take part in shark research.

The great white has a sharp, defined dorsal fin, while the basking shark has a more rounded tip on its dorsal fin. Please share. You can find the source of this story's featured image here.

Back in May, beachgoers on Nantucket watched a great white hunt a seal right off the sand. On Memorial Day, a roughly 20-foot shark circling Block Island, Rhode Island, drew instant Jaws comparisons.

This handout picture taken by Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium on January 5, 2016 shows a great white shark swimming in a large fish tank of the Okinawa Churaumi Auqarium at Motobu in Japan's southern island ...

Scientists revealed that Contender, a massive great white shark that measures over 13.8 feet long and weighs 1,653 pounds, has been pinged swimming dangerously close to Nantucket, Massachusetts.

Thus, regardless of what either film would have us believe, it seems the great white shark is no match for the orca after all. It’s likely hard not to root for Jaws 2 in this battle of the movie ...

“Jaws” may have sparked our collective fascination with sharks, but 50 years later, the reality is far more complicated than Peter Benchley or Steven Spielberg ever could have imagined.

This handout picture provided by Rodney Fox Shark Expeditions and taken on August 27, 2010 shows a great white shark swiming in the Southern Ocean, off the Neptune Islands, next to a diving cage.

It would be a crime to start off a list of best shark movies with something other than "Jaws." A movie that instilled a fear of great white sharks for generations, "Jaws" has become an icon that ...