Are We over the "Jaws Effect?"

A woman got bitten by a shark pretty bad down the street from me about a mile away when I lived there: https://abc7.com/post/newport-beach-shark-bite-victim-recove...

I understand they are out there, I understand there is an ecosystem and they are important to that ecosystem... all that goes out the window when you see a great white cruising through the water. We're cool as long as they are out at sea and not where I'm at.

Jaws is the only movie (within reason I guess) that I don't let my 13 year old watch.

We live by the sea with one of the world's best marine reserves right off shore. There are plenty of fish including sharks living right off the beach and you need nothing more than a mask and snorkel to get right in amongst them.

When I watched Jaws as a kid when it first came out, it scared me shitless and I still carry some of that trauma whenever I am snorkeling over a deep canyon where the blue just goes on forever and you can't see the bottom.

I just don't want my child to miss out on that because of the ability of Hollywood to scare us.

My friend David was attacked by a shark and lost his leg, the story is quite incredible: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/13-david-byrd-was-brut...

People get killed by sharks in Australia regularly (two last week I think).

But I don’t think the public sees sharks as monsters to be destroyed.

Sharks are wild animals and we are in their habitat.

Sharks deserve protection even if they eat people.