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This film is one of the first in the wave of films that sought to capitalize on the popularity of the feature film, Jaws (1975). [3] Mako: The Jaws of Death, with its sympathetic portrayal of sharks as the real "victims" of human exploitation, is notable in the maritime horror genre for having depicted the sharks as the heroes and man as the villain.
ISAF statistics records 10 shortfin attacks on humans between 1980 and 2024, three of which were fatal, along with 20 boat attacks. [38] Many attacks involving shortfin mako sharks are considered to have been provoked due to harassment or the shark being caught on a fishing line. [39]
Sharksploitation is a subgenre of exploitation film that involves sharks or shark attacks. [1] [2] The genre emerged in the wake of the 1975 film Jaws and its sequels, but fell in popularity soon after. [3]
After a video of a shark attack in Egypt went viral Tara Cobham investigates recent incidents across the world
Holly Thomas writes the depiction of sharks as murderous fiends on the basis of remarkably few negative encounters is gravely hypocritical in the face of humans’ devastating effects on them ...
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No attacks on humans have been attributed to the longfin mako shark. [6] Nevertheless, its large size and teeth make it potentially dangerous. [7] This shark is caught, generally in low numbers, as bycatch on longlines intended for tuna, swordfish, and other pelagic sharks, as well as in anchored gillnets and on hook-and-line. The meat is ...
The 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks were a series of attacks by sharks on swimmers off the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.On 1 December 2010, three Russians and one Ukrainian were seriously injured within minutes of each other, and, on 5 December 2010, a German woman was killed when she was attacked while wading and snorkeling in the shallows close to the shoreline.