Exactly what the title says it is.
This is adapted from Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature by Gerrie McCall, Dragons: Fearsome Monsters from Myth and Fiction by Gerrie McCall, and Mythical Monsters by Chris McNab.
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DORSAL FIN: Often the only warning that Jaws is nearing, the dorsal fin, serves to stabilize the aggressive beast as it slices through the water at high speeds BODY: Jaws' massive body is 25 feet (7.6 m) long. Its gray coloring camouflages the shark by blending in with the sea when viewed above. EYES: The dull black eyes of the shark are its most vulnerable spot. To protect its eyes, it rolls them back in its head as it lunges toward its prey. SNOUT: Flexible cartilage in the snout is able to absorb great impacts, such as when Jaws rams a boat MOUTH: The mouth contains multiple rows of serrated teeth designed in gripping and ripping. When a tooth breaks off, another one moves forward into its place.
Vacationers at the beach have no idea that just off the shore in the shallows, Jaws is looking for prey. A single fin knifing through the waves may be seen just before the shark strikes. Other times, the shark ambushes its prey from below. Its jaws can easily rip off a human limb or crunch through a torso. The shark sinks its multiple rows of teeth into the victim, and then, shaking its head violently from side to side, it tears through the flesh. A victim may have time to scream-but too late. The water reddens with blood and death is certain.
In the cold, murky depths of the ocean, the stealthy shark seeks divers. Jaws rips off a leg of its prey so the diver cannot escape. Shock and blood loss would kill the diver if the hungry shark did not tear him to pieces first. Jaws rams the hulls of boats and heaves its huge body onto the deck of a boat to capsize it. Once the crew is in the water, the merciless animal attacks.
DID YOU KNOW?
-The great white shark is found in coastal surface waters and all major oceans of the world.
-A Japanese submarine sank the U.S. Navy ship Indianapolis in 1945. Because the ship was on a secret mission, its location was unknown and it took four days for the crew to be rescued. In those four days, sharks devoured 300 crew stranded in the water, helplessly clinging flotsam as they awaited help.
