ANOTHER GREAT WHITE SHARK PHOTOGRAPHED IN JAWS POSE

Obviously great white sharks don't do requests or go out of their way to pose as posters for the 1975 Steven Spielberg shark thriller, but a great white has been captured in that iconic Jaws poster framing.

And, thanks to the seemingly insatiable appetite for shark stories by the media, the image of Nicole the great white has caused something of a feeding frenzy. Of course the image isn't talking about its beauty but is labelled as the Jaws of death.

Photo credit: mediadrumimages/NikkiBrantSevy

FURTHER READING: Media's Feeding Frenzy on Shark Attacks

Not that it is the first time a similar image has captured the imagination of news editors and shark lovers around the world. Remember this guy?

It's Squirrel the great white as photographed by Euan Rannachan, taking arguably the most famous shark photo of the last 10 years.

Find out more about that amazing encounter and photographing sharks in our video interview with Euan

And although both great whites are shot in the famous Jaws poster framing, if they don't quite look exactly like the shark on the film poster, that's because it isn't a great white on it. It is in actual fact a mako shark.

Discover more about how a mako shark came to be on the iconic Jaws poster here: THE SHARK ON THE JAWS POSTER ISN'T A GREAT WHITE

Words by Dean Newman

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