Comments on: Special 8: JAWS Special

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:18:26 +0000

They used the information from the movie, the Sheriff didn’t have a tracer round, so Myth-busters didn’t use one.

By: MSpears

MSpears — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:27:19 +0000

Yes, but it was literally point-blank range… he literally poked his target with the end of the barrel.

By: MSpears

MSpears — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 05:24:47 +0000

In addition to what Jerry said… if you think a squishy human fist is going to do any real damage to a shark, especially with the water resistance slowing down your punches, you’re wrong.

Also. I’d bet that SPCA observers were watching carefully, just like they monitor movies to make sure that no animals are harmed during filming.

By: Nikos

Nikos — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:31:46 +0000

I agree. Besides, 30% of 4000 is 1200, so the largest known great white shark can easyly hold the barrels down!

By: EDD

EDD — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:01:17 +0000

would it make a diference?lets face it,theres no flamable gas inside a scuba tank

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:22:18 +0000

I’d like some info on the poison bullets. I agree with the original post that the poison wouldnt survive the actual firing. In JAWS 2 he used wax to tip the bullets, in reality this wax would probably melt? In the firing process, however is it possible to create a posion bullet that may kill your target even if it is just a non fatal wound.

Wasnt there a person that used a posion ball shot out of an umbrella into his target that killed his target? I vaguely remember a story about this..

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 06:12:24 +0000

get over yourself and get a life. Sharks are just animals and they happen to be quite tasty

By: Wade D Mollison

Wade D Mollison — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 19:49:13 +0000

I would look again at using piano wire for catching sharks. The late Frank Mundus used piano wire for catching sharks and he caught several hugh Great Whites sharks with it and I know of several people that have caught hammer heads and tiger sharks of large proportions. They were using regular piano wire.

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 02:26:27 +0000

Doing the whole shark cage myth was kind of silly.

During the filming of Jaws they had footage of a real great white shark next to a miniature shark cage containing either a maniqune or a little person.
The footage of the great white destroying the shark cage is not special effects. A real shark actually destroyed the cage, naturally the footage was so awesome they used it in the film.

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:59:00 +0000

I will second Aaron’s agreement with Dave. they should have extrapolated for the larger Shark that was in the movie. would likely have made a difference in the ‘hold 3 Barrles under’ test (which the shark only managed for a few moments anyways).
also when coupled with the damage to the engines on the boat (which was being repaired) may have had a different result for the pulling the boat backward test. though i admit not as likely.

as to the Piano Wire. i guess the mythbusters didnt pay close attention to that deleted scene where Quint commented the sharks ‘Choke on it’ though what he meant i’m not sure.

as to the scuba tank. i think its likely the pressure relase would ram it down the sharks throat with enough force to seriously injure or maybe even kill the shark. though there is room to allow for a freak hit to strike just the right spot to cause a rupture, like say along the end of the bottom. but as likely as the myth of 2 civil war bullits hiting eachother and fusing together.