White Shark

An adult great white is a big shark - really big. It has been responsible for more shark bites and human deaths of any other species, according to the International Shark Attack File, probably because it sees us as aberrant marine mammals flailing about in the water and certainly worth an exploratory bite; but a gentle mouthing from a two-tonne white shark with jaws filled with row upon row of razer-sharp teeth could result in a bad mauling and severe damage to any victim who attracted its attention. The white shark's reputation after 'Jaws', of course, was rock bottom, and the species suffered as a consequence. 'White Shark' tells the intimate story of the great white shark, from the perspectives of history, psychology and biology, and discovers, among many other things, that 'Jaws-mania' was far from a new phenomenon.