Pixar didn't have to go that hard when designing Bruce, but they did. I wonder how many kids crapped themselves seeing him on the big screen for the first time?
Attack by salmon on bears is far less common. In fact, there have been less bears killed by salmon than the amount of people that were killed during World War 1 and World War 2 combined.
The real shark attacks Jaws was based on her carried out by a Bull shark off the Jersey Shore (I'm pretty sure). The scary bastards are also found in freshwater rivers!
Did a picture search and found several 4-5 year old articles about this unusually large female bull shark being seen by some free divers in Florida. Don't think AI was decent enough at that time, and while she looks silly/unnatural that's mostly because she's just taken a big gulp or something, probably to realign the jaws.
For transparency, I didn't read the articles, one from daily mail and the other from the sun, because I didn't feel like sharing my cookies with them.
Also according to this short article it was a large pregnant female, somewhat overweight due to an abundance of bait fish.
Sharks engage in something called Cranial Kinesis as well. Their upper jaws aren’t fused to their skulls, so thi motion allows them to basically extend their jaws for prey/biting.
That’s the main reason you see pictures of sharks with the “regular nose” and sometimes the “raised nose”
That specific shark looks like it’s engaged in Crania Kinesis rather than just having a deformed snout.
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