How big was Jaws the shark?

In "Jaws," the fictional shark is said to be 25-feet in length and approximately 3 tons.
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How big was Jaws shark in the movie?

At a whopping 25 feet long, Bruce would have weighed 4.9 tons in real life, higher than Quint's estimation of 3 tons.
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Was Jaws bigger than a great white?

On January 17, patrol helicopters off the coast of southern Australia reported seeing a great white shark “nearly as big as Jaws.” In fact, it was estimated to be up to 23ft long, only marginally smaller than the infamous movie killer — and it came to within just 100 metres of the shore.
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How big was the shark in Jaws 2?

Notable Sharks

Apparently 12 years old, Bruce is the first shark to terrorize the citizens of Amity Island. Brucette (Jaws 2) - 24 feet in length and 3 tons in weight, apparently 10 years old.
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How big was the shark in Jaws 4?

Reaching enormous lengths of up to approximately 28 feet in the novel (25 foot long in the film, due to it using the same chassis as the original shark prop), although a tad smaller than Brucette, and much smaller than Brucetta, who reached 35 feet in length.
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How big was the shark in Jaws 3?

The shark is said to be 35 feet long (despite budgetary restraint keeping the film from providing a true sense of scale for the creature), ten feet longer than previous films.
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Which Jaws movie had the biggest shark?

The shark in Jaws 3-D is the largest. At 35ft, 'Brucetta' is ten feet longer than the 1975 original Bruce. Budgetary restraints kept the filmmakers from providing a true sense of scale for the creature, with it appearing mostly in darkness and in partial shot / close up.
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Was Jaws a Megalodon?

A new study from the University of Bristol and Swansea University has calculated the total body size of the Otodus megalodon - the distant ancestor of the great white shark depicted in hit blockbuster, Jaws, in 1975.
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How big was a Megalodon?

megalodon was not only the biggest shark in the world, but one of the largest fish ever to exist. Estimates suggest it grew to between 15 and 18 metres in length, three times longer than the largest recorded great white shark.
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How strong is the shark from Jaws?

New studies have estimated at a 21 foot great white shark possessing a bite force of 4,000 psi (17,790 newtons) and it is unsure if Bruce has a stronger bite force while it is very likely.
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Is the megalodon bigger than Jaws?

REAL ancient mega-shark the megalodon that was three times bigger than Jaws with teeth as 'big as a hand' is brought back to life in action film The Meg. IT was the mega-shark three times the size of a great white, with each of its 270 teeth as big as a hand.
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How big was Jaws compared to megalodon?

The Megalodon is estimated to have been around 15-24 meters long (50-78 ft., compared to a typical adult Great White Shark which is only 6m or 20 ft long). It is also estimated that the bite force the Megalodon's jaws could generate was somewhere in the vicinity of 108,514 N – 182,201 N (11-18 tons of force).
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Is Deep Blue bigger than Jaws?

The bottom line is that Jaws was by no means over the top when it predicted how large a great white might get, and Deep Blue is pretty much as big as that famous movie shark – and definitely a lot friendlier.
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Can a great white reach 25 feet?

According to the California Department of Fish and Game, great white sharks can grow up to 21 feet (6 meters) long. However, most great whites are around 12 to 14 feet (3.6 to 4 meters) long, says Christopher Lowe, a shark biologist at California State University in Long Beach.
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Is megalodon still alive in 2021?

Megalodon is NOT alive today, it went extinct around 3.5 million years ago. Go to the Megalodon Shark Page to learn the real facts about the largest shark to ever live, including the actual research about it's extinction.
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Could megalodon still exist?

First off, nobody has direct evidence to suggest that they do still exist. No, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence- we know this. It's very difficult to prove something doesn't exist, but equally that doesn't mean that megalodons are still lurking around somewhere.
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Which shark is bigger than megalodon?

What is bigger than the megalodon and the whale shark? Blue whales are larger than megalodons and whale sharks.
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Is Jaws a true story?

No. Jaws is not a true story. It is based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name. The Jaws author had a lifelong fascination with sharks and said that he came up with the concept for the novel after reading about a great white shark that had been caught by fisherman Frank Mundus in 1964 (pictured below).
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Is the dead tiger shark in Jaws real?

The first shark killed on the docks, which is supposed to be the "man-eater" in the movie, was actually a real shark killed in Florida since there was not a big enough one in Martha's Vineyard.
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Was the shark in Jaws 3 a Megalodon?

The mother shark is revealed to be massive: listed as 35 feet in length, ten feet longer than Bruce. It's been estimated that Megalodons ranged from ten to fifteen meters long, matching the mother's size. If so, Jaws 3 would be one of the first attempts at a Megalodon on the big screen.
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Were any real sharks used in Jaws?

'Jaws' filmed a great white shark attacking the boat

They needed to make the scene with Hooper (played by Richard Dreyfuss) in the cage look legit, and they hired professional shark photographers to capture images. However, the sharks appeared too small.
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Is it the same shark in Jaws 1 and 2?

So, no, the Jaws films do not feature the same 'killer' shark. However, each film sees members of the Brody family take on a shark and this is what remains consistent across the series.
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Was Jaws a great white shark?

While the shark in Jaws was inspired by a great white shark in New Jersey, the legendary fish is far less fearsome in reality. As scientific research on these elusive predators increases, their image as mindless killing machines is beginning to fade.
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