It relies on this kind of corny idea of this man-eating shark.

On location on Martha’s Vineyard, an assistant pulled back a huge sheet and young Shaw found himself staring into the gaping mouth of the man-eating shark that would soon become a cinematic icon.

Here's a quick summary for anyone unfamiliar with Jaws: a man-eating shark is on the loose in the waters surrounding beach town Amity Island.

Thoreau recounts a local's story of using oxen to drag a 14-foot "regular man-eating shark" he had killed out of the ocean.

But see the film’s man-eating shark monster for what it is: a fictional characterization in a seaside scary movie, not a portrait of the great white shark’s behavior in nature.