Posted July 28, 2008 by Marta Holmberg
Have any of you ever seen a shark in real life? I have twice. Once when I was out on a boat off the coast of Monterey about four years ago, and once last month when one washed up on the beach in Delaware (don’t worry, someone quickly got the baby shark back in the water!). Anyway, I digress.
It’s Shark Week, and because of that, we’re going to put the below billboard up in the cities where shark attacks are the most frequent.
♥ Marta
PS – I’ve been told countless times that Jaws is the best movie ever (okay—so it’s only one person that’s told me this over and over again), but I’ve yet to see it. I’m counting on you guys to tell me whether or not I need to see this movie. Yes or no?
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622 days ago
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I think this is inappropriate! There are some people in the world who have been attacked by sharks and have known that it’s not the sharks fault so why would you say payback is hell? Also most those people who have been attacked by sharks have probably never eaten shark themselves, who knows! But yeah Jaws is a good movie! And I think it is so wrong that people kill sharks, chop their fins off and leave them to die on the bottom of the ocean! I will admit though i’m no vegetarian! But i will not eat shark!
1777 days ago
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Jaws is just one of those films that everyone has to see, regardless of whether you think it’s good or bad, it’s a part of cinema history. I do agree with Eric though, most people became scared of sharks because of that film.
I’m not so sure about the billboard. Sharks don’t eat humans on purpose, they mistake us for their natural prey. I also agree with Jason.
1784 days ago
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I agree with jason. The billboard means for good things, but i can definitely see people getting upset about it. Jaws was a cool movie though.
1784 days ago
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Jaws makes sharks look like there killers and any one or anything that comes in their path is going to be eaten, when in real life sharks only go after people on surf boards becuase they look like the food they eat which are seals i think. also sharks are killed like 50 persent more than they kill us.
1785 days ago
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jaws was really stupid. don’t watch it if you’re in the mood for quality.
1785 days ago
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Love the Sign. I live on the Texas coast and I think it would be great to see this sign. I think it could have somewhat of an impact.
1785 days ago
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jaws is a classic!
the other ones aren’t too great though.
and the bilboard is hilarious!
happy shark week!
1786 days ago
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Jaws is ok I like the song, “show me the way to go home…” The ride at Universal Studios will make you wet yourself though.
1786 days ago
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taken in good humor, jaws is a pretty good movie, minus the ending. its worth seeing!
1786 days ago
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Im really not feeling this billboard. I think that targeting high shark attack areas with this billboard will just make peta and vegeterians look insensitive. Rather than making people want to eat less meat,(or give it up altogether) its just going to piss people off. My Friend was bitten a few years back in the leg by a black tip reef shark, and he went through a lot of pain and suffering as a result.( Hes actually a vegetarian as well, not that that really matters).I can see familes of shark attack victims getting upset about this, and joining the ever growing, very vocal anti peta crowd. As a surfer, im just saying that being in a boat is a lot different from being in the water with sharks, and I think that this billboard is a little tactless(mostly because you are targeting high shark attack areas), and because generally the victims of shark attacks are just as innocent and unassuming as the animals we are trying to defend, and the billboard is sort of judgemental, which is the reason most people avoid vegetarians, church and politics. Thats just my two cents
1786 days ago
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every one is telling me it would be really funny for an animal to eat a vegan like it’s irony but still?!?
1786 days ago
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Thabks for bringing up that sharks are kileld for food! To make shark fin soup, people catch a shark, cut off all of its fins and then dump it back into the water, where it goes spiraling down to the bottom of the ocean, completley helpless. Then, it is eaten by fish. A slow and extremely painful death.
1786 days ago
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Jaws is boring and stereotypes sharks which is just awful.
1786 days ago
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Jaws was the main movie that made people start to fear sharks. It greatly villianizes sharks.
1786 days ago
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Jaws was a pretty great movie. Number 1 was the best. I didn’t care much for the other ones.
But that billboard is amazing. =D