Shark Expert Rates 10 Shark Attacks In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider

Marine biologist and doctoral student Amani Webber-Schultz rates 10 shark attacks in movies and TV shows, such as "Jaws," for realism.

Webber-Schultz breaks down the accuracy of shark behavior and appearances of the great white shark in "Jaws" (1975), "The Requin" (2022), and "The Shallows" (2016), starring Blake Lively. She looks at the likelihood of shark attacks in "Unbroken" (2014), "47 Meters Down: Uncaged" (2019), and "Finding Nemo" (2003). She also looks at the realism of various shark species, such as the megalodon and tiger shark, in "Never Say Never Again" (1983), "Deep Blue Sea" (1999), "Shark Night" (2011), and "The Meg" (2018), starring Jason Statham.

Webber-Schultz is a doctoral student at the New Jersey Institute of Technology with a research focus on shark morphology and biomechanics. She is one of the cofounders and the chief financial officer of ​​Minorities in Shark Sciences, a nonprofit dedicated to fundraising for and culminating a space for gender minorities of color in shark sciences. She is also the cohost of "The Sharkpedia Podcast."

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[makeda]

I love that the expert is essentially saying, 'Sharks are literally too lazy to be this violent." And has a good chuckle.

[captainteeko]

I think people forget that Jaws was literally about the mythical “rogue” shark. Hooper even says the digestive system is slower so they’d be able to see any limbs or body parts in the stomach. He also mentions that a normal shark DOESNT act the way Bruce does when Brody asks if they were dealing with normal shark behavior, furthering the idea that JAWS was about a special freak of nature 😂

[RedDeadRogue]

Honestly, one of the most realistic shark attack scenes I've ever seen on film was in the movie Soul Surfer. It's based on the real-life story of a girl who had her arm bitten off at the shoulder by a tiger shark while surfing and the way it's done in the movie is so disturbingly accurate. No massive, slow-motion breach, no thrashing and screaming. We barely even see the shark at all, just a splash and a split-second when the mouth is above water, and then she's off her board and bleeding profusely, barely even able to speak from the shock. Scarily accurate to how it would actually go down.

[thundering]

Her obvious love and curiosity of sharks is absolutely infectious.

[davidpellegrene]

I love shark week but she explained more in a little over 17 minutes then in an entire week. You are so interesting, funny and entertaining. Thanks.

[cleverusername]

I like how while she's reviewing Jaws and she's complimenting how they got the number of gill slits correct, what we're being shown is some of the small amount of stock footage from the movie of actual live Great White sharks, not Bruce the mechanical shark.

[JustGrowingUp]

She's fantastic, both very educational and entertaining!
And I like how the passion for her job shines through her reaction and commentary!

[DIDYOUSEETHAT]

5:46 Exactly. My fist encounter with a shark was a large Great White female that bumped me from behind, diving in murky water, other than a very wet, wet suit I came to no harm. It looked me over then slowly swam off. Since then I started spending holidays swimming with sharks recreationally. People don't realize if you swim in the ocean, even if you don't see them, they see you. No one fights off a shark, fish are all solid, strong, muscle (try holding a 12 inch squirming trout) and then imagine it 10 feet long, no one out swims a shark. If they want you they will have you, period.

[AllBraunZeroBrains]

Her laugh is seriously so fun, she’ll say something hilarious like “sharks would never eat you because we taste like trash” and give off the most genuine laugh 😭 bring her back for more

[reganmccarthy]

Friend and I were scuba diving one time when we came across a great white, it really taught me not to be so terrified of sharks because even though I practically pissed myself the moment I noticed it, the shark didn’t do anything to us, it just swam by, checking us out, we both stopped and sat upright and it turned away and swam off. Still a terrifying thing to see, but ultimately beautiful and something I think was quite special to see first hand like that.

[kevinnorwood]

I love that for the scene from The Meg, the first thing she IMMEDIATELY latches onto is the fact that the Megalodon has eight gill slits. She's the second shark scientist I've seen immediately notice that detail, with the other being Kristian Parton, the owner of the Shark Bytes channel.

[thekeiraclementine]

Her passion and laugh are both so infectious! I love the very random, specific information we got about sharks, like the amount of gills and how they can sense electricity.

[WishfulThinkingArt]

The more I watch sharks, the softer I feel toward them. I watched a clip of Valerie Taylor feeding a shark off a boat and watching her gently pat it on its nose in between feedings painted them in such a different light. And seeing how curious they are just further endears me to them. After all, they’re only animals and don’t deserve to be demonized.

[AkiraPlaysWHI]

The 47 meters down movie is highly unreal but it’s VERY entertaining; I 100% recommend

[BusinessBearClassic]

fun fact: bruce from finding nemo is named after bruce from jaws

also in jaws during the cage scene, some curious sharks came by and invested. so the footage was to good not to use

[MrsJoSmith]

I know "Jaws" made so many people scared of sharks but for me it made me admire them, I visited the local library to consume every book they had about them and it led to a lifelong love of them to the point where my family gift me shark stuff every year for Xmas and my birthday. My bucket list for before I die it to sponsor a great white.

[elaynaterrell]

I'm actually terrified of sharks but her videos are so informative that I'm okay watching them

[Nishinga.]

I love her energy and how informative she is! Her laugh is very contagious too, it's amazing

[jwspitz]

"Megalodons were probably closer to around 60 feet" AS IF THAT MAKES IT ANY BETTER lmao

also she's so awesome, I would love to hear her talk about sharks more

[ryodark]

A great vid! This woman is highly knowledgeable and I feel like I learned some interesting corrections about all the incorrect “facts” I thought I knew about sharks. Also her giggles are so joyously adorable.