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Three magnificent beauties - all jumping in synchronized formation. Pure joy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/bda38624-cd97-4696-b774-12ede717cc02/4_P%2BW_Nantucket.jpg Media Gallery - Ocean Adventures Peter sneers at the camera, while Wendy looks ready for more diving fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/54001cf9-94a2-4fbf-bc62-d5fd9f58cde5/4_TeddyTuckersBoat_MissWendy_WBonTop.jpg Media Gallery - Ocean Adventures Wendy Benchley on board with captain Teddy – onboard Tucker’s boat, Miss Wendy, which was named after his daughter of the same name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/50c3cd03-f32c-4bea-a1ba-67a8f4a8c646/4b_WendyonHull_Reading.jpg Media Gallery - Ocean Adventures Wendy reading on the ships hull – in those days women were not overtly welcomed to join the divers, but she would be the only one to see the shark cage rope caught in the sharks mouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/b3dc4eda-7548-47ae-b4e6-8d44b6cb5176/2a_SeaofCortez_Hammerheads_1980.jpg Media Gallery - Ocean Adventures From Girl From the Sea of Cortez – “And then, from the darkness came the sharks – hammerheads: silent searchers moving with a relentless arrogance that broadcast their sovereignty over the seamount.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/cb24de57-a329-42ec-a6b4-a83887f85c5b/FrenchPoly_TahitiHut2.jpg Media Gallery - Ocean Adventures The whole French Polynesian gang! 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Finally, Wendy gets a chance to check out the shark cage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/1491017f-daf8-4b96-920a-68e7be1d4253/Peter_SouthAustralia_GreatWhite_Cage_1.jpg Media Gallery - Ocean Adventures Pictured here Peter is headed down and later described the experience as “bobbing alone in a flimsy cage in the frigid sea, tumbled about like dice in a cup.” https://www.peterbenchley.com/media-gallery/jawsbts monthly 0.5 2024-05-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/1714670737687-E586MNVCKIQVQD1DP9MO/1_JawsBehindScenes.jpg Media Gallery - Jaws Behind the Scenes The “Jaws” art department works with the malfunctioning mechanical man-eating great white shark that was affectionately known as “Bruce” – the name given by Steven Spielberg in honor of his Hollywood attorney. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/fb52a6ab-1954-42e3-9b15-783af6df4ff9/3_BruceTowedOut.jpg Media Gallery - Jaws Behind the Scenes Bruce being towed into the water off Martha’s Vineyard aka Amity Island, during production in August of 1974. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/df9c25cc-9845-4d80-9ac1-68351a4ef14b/2_RobertShaw%2BPB_onJawsSet.jpg Media Gallery - Jaws Behind the Scenes Peter on the set of Jaws for filming taking time to check in with Robert Shaw who played Peter’s’s infamous shark hunter character, Quint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/760975af-b429-441c-9c55-072e69bb9d27/4_Speilberg%2BPBonset.jpg Media Gallery - Jaws Behind the Scenes Director Steven Spielberg speaking with Peter about his cameo role as the local news reporter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/854e7a61-87e5-47c9-83a6-23993f2aa386/5_PeterinCameo_InterviewingHooper.jpg Media Gallery - Jaws Behind the Scenes Peter in his role as newspaper reporter interviewing the oceanographer Matt Hooper who is played by Richard Dreyfuss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/58073003-2d15-425f-ad58-2ef398bf96ca/5b_Quint%2BHooper_Jaws.jpg Media Gallery - Jaws Behind the Scenes Quint and Hooper wage the battle against the Great White Shark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/11ebdea4-1464-4dac-92c5-def0a1553993/6_PeterinCameo_w-Mayor+on+Beach.jpg Media Gallery - Jaws Behind the Scenes Peter as the reporter interviews the Mayor of Amity Island, Murray Hamilton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/a61de19a-b335-499f-80dc-8e395e615481/7_Speilberg%2BPB_Arcade.jpg Media Gallery - Jaws Behind the Scenes Steven Spielberg and Peter in front of the Amity Arcade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/ce4fdc30-52be-482c-a23d-41d4842146d4/8_1Wendy%2BRoySheiderw-Peter%2BClayton.jpg Media Gallery - Jaws Behind the Scenes Peter on the movie set with his son Clayton standing close by, but ready too, for a swim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/4f6b2c9f-b3b0-4828-b78b-8590065a9676/11_RoyScheider%2BPB_onJawsMovieSet.jpg Media Gallery - Jaws Behind the Scenes Roy Scheider and Peter talking about production issues. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/2d06b515-a8c7-46f4-9e8e-6a87d94d5b97/12_JawsOpeningGardenTheater_Princeton.jpg Media Gallery - 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Shark Gallery Great Whites: “The largest carnivorous fish with the astonishing capacity to assess, in a microsecond of a first bite, the caloric value of potential prey; human beings are too bony to usually bother with, so they often depart after that first bite.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/1715707129559-9GWNZLM0B9MPCSQW0G3K/Screenshot%2B2024-05-14%2Bat%2B10.13.59%25E2%2580%25AFAM.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery The biggest threat to sharks is finning and overfishing. Every year more than 100 million sharks are killed for their fins and meat, mostly for consumption in shark fin soup across Asia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/c6ef5295-79db-4961-b8d0-807b887275ba/5b_CaribbeanReef+Shark_Skerry.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery Caribbean Reef Shark: Reef sharks have been documented as active swimmers. If threatened, they may perform a threat display in which they frequently change direction and dip their pectoral fins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/328a3324-e0ab-4096-8132-a48a27147cf6/PBLighter_SharkJaw.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery Mako Sharks: Peter called them dangerous loners that reminded him of famed villian actor, Jack Palance. Here's Peter Bradford Benchley's favorite lighter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/e6da377a-f907-4df4-90ed-b689a1879b15/11_SharkFins_ClothesPins.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery The fins from between 26 million and 73 million sharks move through the Hong Kong shark fin markets alone, each year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/452b4b4f-73e3-4a07-a66d-3256ef9d3542/12_Finning_Dead+Sharks.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery We must change the perception of always fearing sharks; what we should really fear is their destruction. They are essential for ocean health. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/b472031d-7c5e-46af-a6cb-089d8de1aacd/3_BullShark.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery Bull Sharks: Sporting a stout appearance and pugnacious reputation – they are equipped with some biological quirk that permits them to function normally in salt, brackish, and fresh water – something no other shark can do. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/d208b7a1-9e51-4946-a383-8e7d2c0ddc4d/8_WhaleShark.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery Whale Sharks: A gentle filter-feeding giant and by far the largest living non-mammalian vertebrate, rivaling many of the largest dinosaurs in weight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/bbd30d82-3a0e-43d5-a179-e7c8deefde92/5_CaribbeanReefShark_Skerry.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery Caribbean Reef Shark: Was originally described from off the coast of Cuba as in 1876; it is one of the most abundant sharks around the Bahamas and the Antilles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/ffd978f3-9211-4e2e-8df5-3645d2497f8a/4_Hammerheads_Sea+of+Cortez.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery Hammerheads: There are approximately 10 related species of hammerheads throughout tropical and temperate regions including the scalloped, bonnet-head, great hammerhead and smooth hammerhead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/39b68e32-bf82-4ad1-9890-13c41192fc8f/6_LemonShark_2.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery Lemon Sharks: Get the name because of their pale yellow brown coloring and are generally quite tame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/7ba29e7a-29a3-4d84-bcfe-d55bb0ab1133/9_MakoSharks_a.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery Mako Sharks: They are by far the fastest shark, and they are the only shark listed IGFA as a true sport fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/fd5ceac0-6464-406e-a965-dc617d6edb13/OceanicWhiteTip.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery Oceanic Whitetips: Known as “long-hands” for their long pectoral fins and Peter’s personal bête noire as he had a near-miss that scared him permanently while swimming with a school of yellowfin tuna in open deep water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/660e03b3d577bc36bc31444f/e93691d2-58b0-4867-b3cd-5d4cf0a205bd/2_Tiger+Shark_BrianSKerry.jpg Media Gallery - Shark Gallery Tigers Sharks: Fast as rockets and ubiquitous - they’re fond of coastal waters, they like lagoons, shallow waters to prey on smaller sharks, and they also roam deep.