Mark Leiren-Young reads the chapter about Jaws vs. shark from his award-winning book, Sharks Forever. Years after the movie based on his book was one of the biggest hits in the world, Peter Benchley said that in a new version of Jaws, the shark wouldn’t be the monster. “The shark in an updated Jaws could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors.”

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Sharks Forever

Mark Leiren-Young

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3:31 The start of the chapter on Jaws from Mark's book Sharks Forever. Chapter 9 – Great White Lies.

4:45 A bounty for anyone who could prove they had been bitten by a shark.

5:29 Jersey Shore sharks. Or sea turtles? The original killer great white.

6:04 Shark myths created by Jaws. “The way that the shark behaves in the movie is not the way sharks behave.”

6:30 The terrible and inaccurate “rogue shark” theory.

6:51 The myths of Shark Week.

9:32 Humans against nature – trophy hunters.

11:45 “Years after the movie based on his book was one of the biggest hits in the world, Peter Benchley said that in a new version of Jaws, the shark wouldn’t be the monster. “The shark in an updated Jaws could not be the villain; it would have to be written as the victim, for, worldwide, sharks are much more the oppressed than the oppressors.””

12:57 Sharknados and other fictional shark stories.



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