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HeatIntoxication

The shark in Jaws isnt even that big.

So I'm sitting here watching Jaws after the 10th or so time in my life really hooked on how good the movie is. However, I cant help but notice now that the animatronic they are using is a good 10 feet smaller than the 25ft they claim in the film. Also, the average of a great white female is 15-21 feet so it isnt even much larger than the average in the first place!

Something else I noticed this viewing. They're after a 25ft shark and bring a 35ft boat to catch and kill it. Such a silly fun movie.

Posted Jan 27, 2020, 11:11 PM UTC

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thellespie•

But it isn't CGI, that should impress you enough since they would never make a 'real' shark nowadays.

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HeatIntoxicationOP•

The entire movie is impressive. I'm just saying the shark was pretty average if not small for a great white.

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HeatIntoxicationOP•

They claimed it was that big but you could tell the animatronic was nowhere near that size. According to google the average female is 15-21 feet.

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Gearman66•

I seen the Jaws robot in Pensacola Fl. on an 18 wheel flat bed truck. Dat fucker was big

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Trying_to_be_better2•

They're after a 25ft shark and bring a 35ft boat to catch and kill it.

Yes, thus the reason one of the most famous lines from the movie was...

You're going to need a bigger boat.

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ITS_MAJOR_TOM_YO•

The chief isn’t even a real law enforcement official. It’s a man pretending!

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HeatIntoxicationOP•

And here I thought it was illegal to impersonate an officer. This guy did that AND made money off of it.

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satanballs666•

The shark in the third Jaws movie is supposedly 35 feet long, but it looks around 20 feet in length.

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