How Jaws made us believe great white sharks are villains in real life

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 15:48 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Fifty years ago, the movie Jaws put sharks on our radar in a very real way. It broke box office records and tapped into an underlying fear of sharks and the unknown lurking in the ocean.

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