How JAWS Started A War On Sharks | What The Duck?!

They're big, they're toothy and they're pretty scary but are sharks just terribly misunderstood? Dr Ann Jones dives into the shark science and what the movie JAWS (1975) got wrong about these incredible predators. Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube 👉 https://ab.co/2YFO4Go

Dr Ann Jones presents “Hollywood Lied To Us” - a What The Duck?! podcast that takes your favourite movies and puts them under the scientific microscope to work out what would happen in the real world and what’s just Hollywood magic.

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00:00 Intro
00:47 Real vs Robot Sharks
01:22 Was Bruce a girl?
01:50 How do sharks make baby sharks?
02:45 Is this how sharks really hunt?
03:48 Can sharks sense us on land?
04:15 How do sharks smell us?
05:15 Do sharks "swallow you whole"?
06:11 How JAWS changed history
07:01 JAWS and shark mismanagement
07:27 Are sharks really vengeful?
08:12 The most Australian tale ever
08:25 The "Catch and Kill" policy
08:44 The author of JAWS speaks out
08:52 The Jaws Effect remains
09:23 Who's the real villain?
10:18 Subscribe for more!
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Featuring:
Sophie Maycock, shark obsessive and founder of SharkSpeak.
Chris Pepin-Neff – Shark policy expert at the University of Sydney.
Jaws (1975) (c) Universal Studios

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