So I wouldn’t call it stalking I would call it patrolling. What about the shark’s stalking behavior around the rock and then by the buoy? Is that typical?īased on tracking data done in certain locations, we know sharks patrol certain areas waiting for seals to haul out on beaches.
Not a human, not a sea turtle, and there aren’t really any tropical seals left. What kind of nimble prey exists in tropical waters? We typically only see white sharks breaching in places where they’ve had to adapt their behavior to capturing fast, nimble prey like Cape fur seals. However, places where they do jump out of the water in pursuit of prey are temperate-places like South Africa. We know that white sharks hangout in subtropical places where it’s not unusual to see someone surfing without a wetsuit, so that’s not totally implausible. What’s your take on the shark breaching to eat a surfer? Of course, it’s unbelievably rare to catch an actual shark attack on film, but I thought the way the trailer portrayed the attack on the female surfer was pretty realistic. The film looks like it has a lot of real footage of sharks. Is there anything about the shark behavior in the trailer that catches your attention? We spoke with shark biologist Chris Lowe at the California State University, Long Beach to see what the trailer got right about great white sharks-and what was just Hollywood magic.
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But just how much imaginative license did filmmakers take when it came to shark behavior? The anticipated summer blockbuster, starring American actress Blake Lively, has already garnered a 95 percent interest rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In the grand tradition of Jaws, Open Water and The Reef, The Shallows tells one surfer’s story of survival as she evades a rogue great white shark with a taste for human flesh just 200 yards from shore.įilms about ravenous great white sharks have long captured the imaginations of moviegoers, and this one appears to be no exception.
When The Shallows hits theaters June 24-non-coincidentally kicking off both Shark Week and beach vacation season-it will follow in a long line of shark thrillers.
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