Shark Expert Rates 10 Shark Attacks In Movies And TV

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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