Comments on: Special 8: JAWS Special

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.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:12:24 +0000

I agree entirely with Dave. The shark in the movie was supposed to be almost 25′ which would weigh in excess of 6-7k lbs. I think they need to base their experiments on an animal of those proportions.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:56:19 +0000

I watched this episode and found it entertaining. However, several of their “busted” myths were based on the amount of pull/force exerted by the largest known great white shark. The entire premise of the movie is that this shark is of extraordinary size. The mythbusters even commented at times on Quint’s estimate of the size and weight of the shark. why didn’t they extrapolate the effort of the actual Jaws shark rather than using real life sharks as their limits? I don’t consider some of these myths busted yet.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:38:09 +0000

They did not hurt the animals in this episode, Anny. They made sure of that.

By: Singapore Clubbing

Singapore Clubbing — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:38:15 +0000

Sharks are great but they are still the one creature that gives me nightmares. I am fascinated watching them though.

By: jonathan caddick

jonathan caddick — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:54:56 +0000

in the right seas my jet-ski could pull Quint’s boat backwards at several knots with plenty of water splashing over the back.i’ve seen 10 rods/10 feathers in a mackerel feeding frenzy drag the 21ft’ bayliner cuddy considerably…..an already moving boat(even backwards) needs little power to keep it going,and a scared,paniced,wounded shark jolting high to low/left to right!…in the movie the 1st good shot of the shark from above;next to Quint’s boat……..that shark could easily drag that boat

would a normal shark do this…? NO!
but could it …oh yes
a shark of this size wounded and tethered to the boat by 3 harpoons,has no other option but to run,kinda like a human run/climbing a hill the shark would seek out better waters and do everything it could to release the painfull harpoons,thus dragging the boat!(for sure!) maybe not as dramatic as in the movie but it would still be scary

By: jonathan caddick

jonathan caddick — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:47:41 +0000

i’m pretty sure that a scuba tank flying down a sharks mouth/stomach at rocket speed would kill it anyway,…and where would you have aimed?……………….also Brody’s look of crazed terror happiness needed the explosion

By: jonathan caddick

jonathan caddick — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:30:41 +0000

“marlin?stingray?…can’t bite through this piano wire…don’t you tell me my business again,boy!”

Quint is trying to lure the shark,not pull a live,angry 35ft/3 tonne animal aboard his boat with a fishing line!

piano wire,though probably stronger than the line it was attatched to anyway,is impervious to the teeth of every animal in the sea,bar one … a large adult great white

Quint’s suspisions are confirmed as he shows hooper the severed piano wire;and they know for sure they’ve got their man!(not some poor dog fish or sand shark)

both scenes are testiment to Quint’s knowledge and experience.both are on the Jaws special edition disc(original UK release),in fact there are tons of extras/deleted scenes/alternates all genuine footage 40 mins (i think) i’ve watched it all several times and can assure you that they did a fu*king good job of cutting it out in the fist place!

unfortunately,then the mythbusters were testing a totally made-up theory,quint wants to see severed piano wire to assure him its a large shark,he couldn’t care less at what pressure it snaps!
they should have got some sharp teeth from all kinds of game fish/against those of a great white and chomped some piano wire!

The teeth of the great white are razor sharp/serated/multiple sets (kinda like a natural samurai sword set of scissors) and WILL cut through any grade of fishing wire/piano wire.

all other large predators,whilst having very sharp teeth,really struggle to bite through piano wire,it’s not impossible(rare) but the wire tends to come up frayed and unwound,rather than severed.

i would still like the mythbusters to try it!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:22:47 +0000

I just thought you’d like to know that on the E. Coast of Florida this week we had two shark bites (attacks) 1 was a man the other was a dog! The owner of the dog had to punch the shark several times to get the shark to let go of the dog. The dog survived with injuries to it’s hind quarter and back legs. I just thought you’d be interested in the fact that a dog will and can be attacked by a shark. We Love Your Show Keep Up The Great Job! Thanks.