LONG ISLAND, NY—Decrying the stigma the film attached to a once-beloved species of fish, experts at the Coastal Research and Education Society released a report Tuesday blaming the 1975 blockbuster Jaws for transforming the public’s perception of great white sharks from lovable household pets to bloodthirsty killers.
“The reality is these are cuddly—and let’s just say it, flat-out cute—pets who love nuzzling with children. Especially during the postwar boom, kids loved getting all strapped into their scuba gear and tumbling into a 100-foot long tank to play with their little Whitey or Toothy. Sometimes they’d feed him 50 pounds of fish chum, sometimes they’d just playfully stick their head into his mouth before he could clamp down.
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