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12 hrs ago | ScienceBlogs

Since when is Alten an expert? [Laelaps]

After watching the first episode of Jurassic Fight Club I felt that the show deserved some amount of praise , but I was utterly flabbergasted by the latest episode .

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Related Topix: Dinosaur, Science, Paleontology, Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws

Sun Aug 17, 2008

Asbury Park Press

Real-life attacks that inspired 'Jaws'

"Shark, shark, shark!!!" While such a blood-curdling call likely immediately calls to mind the 1975 Steven Spielberg blockbuster "Jaws" about a rogue great white shark off the Cape Cod coast, the genesis for ...

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Related Topix: Steven Spielberg, Allenhurst, NJ, Beach Haven, NJ, Spring Lake, NJ, Raritan, NJ

Sat Jul 26, 2008

Chattanoogan.com

Famous Shark Cage Unveiled At Aquarium On July 27

Young "divers" enjoy the new shark cage at the Tennessee Aquarium. Even in print, the flashback to the summer of 1975 and the blockbuster movie, "Jaws" gets the heart racing.

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Related Topix: Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws

Mon Jul 21, 2008

Chattanoogan.com

Famous Shark Cage Unveiled At Aquarium On July 27

Young "divers" enjoy the new shark cage at the Tennessee Aquarium. Even in print, the flashback to the summer of 1975 and the blockbuster movie, "Jaws" gets the heart racing.

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Related Topix: Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws

Mon Jul 14, 2008

Villager Journal Online

The Right Title

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEX, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK was the title of a best-selling book back in the 60's. Being a novice at life at the time, I bought a copy.

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Related Topix: Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Sharks: Predators Endangered

Feeds Posts by Gregory McNamee via RSS Shark . English sailors surely knew scary representatives of the Selachii order long before the 16th century, but the fish seems not to have been named until 1569, when ...

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Related Topix: Steven Spielberg, Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws

Fri Jul 04, 2008

The Globe and Mail

Fire up your remotes

Jaws AMC, 8 p.m. Give the man his due: Steven Spielberg's shark saga changed the face of movie entertainment.

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Related Topix: Steven Spielberg, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Entertainment

Sat Jun 21, 2008

San Diego Union-Tribune

Summers (not to mention beaches) haven't been same since 'Jaws'

Ask film historians - and industry bean counters - and they'll agree that the summer of 1975 marked the genesis of the Summer Blockbuster Movie season.

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Related Topix: Steven Spielberg, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Nashville Scene

Our Critics' Picks

Our Critics Picks Our Critics' Picks THURSDAY 6/12 Just When You Thought It Was Safe... MOVIES @ MAIN: JAWS Is there a better time to dust off Steven Spielberg's 1975 movie version of the Peter Benchley novel - ...

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Related Topix: Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws, Nashville Metro, Nashville, TN

Thu May 15, 2008

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Great white lies

“There wasn't a lot of material about them.”

Peter Benchley once said he could not have written "Jaws," his best-selling 1974 novel about a giant white shark terrorizing a New England beach town, if he knew then what he later learned. via The San Diego Union-Tribune

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Related Topix: Solana Beach, CA, Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws, Science / Technology

Sun May 04, 2008

The Nelson Mail

Getting our tentacles into a little reality

“It is a great sea creature from the deep. It makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck when you see something like that, with the legends and stories associated with it.”

Like many a fishy tale, the reputed exploits and scale of the colossal squid have not always been matched in reality, says the Nelson Mail in an editorial. via The Nelson Mail

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Related Topix: Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws

Thu Apr 03, 2008

UnderwaterTimes.com

Inaugural Peter Benchley shark conservation award give to sawfish advocate Matthew McDavitt

“When sharks became target species for Asian markets in the 1990s, scientific data were available to combat threats to sharks - data which existed due to the fascination in sharks that Peter had generated”

Wendy Benchley, Matthew T. McDavitt and SRI President Stan Waterman Princeton, New Jersey The Shark Research Institute created the Peter Benchley Shark Conservation Awards to honor the memory of the late Peter ... via UnderwaterTimes.com

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Related Topix: Princeton, NJ, Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws

Tue Apr 01, 2008

The Times

A Benchley says the time to hunt sharks is over

“If Mario Puzo were to argue about cracking down on organized crime, that would be hypocritical?”

Wendy Benchley, whose late husband gripped the attention of a generation of swimmers with a tale of a maniacal great white shark, is speaking out against a tournament she says glorifies killing the fish. via The Times

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Related Topix: Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws, Charitable Organizations, Activism

Fri Feb 08, 2008

Variety.com

Larry Madin on 'Jaws'

The movie generated a lot of interest but also fear about sharks. I think that one of the things that we've seen in the years since 'Jaws' is a reversal of that idea -- people understanding that people are far ... via Variety.com

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Related Topix: Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws, Oceanography, Science

Wed Feb 06, 2008

Free Times

Jaws Of Life

A scientist with an out-of-control passion for sharks? Sounds like a third-rate Batman bad guy, but Rob Stewart is such a person, and even those outside the documentary film-fest bubble may have heard of this ... via Free Times

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Related Topix: Oceanography, Science, Steven Spielberg, Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws

Fri Dec 07, 2007

The Cassandra Page

Quote of the day - Joe Sobran [Peter Benchley, Great White Sharks]

“Except in the rarest of instances, great white shark attacks are mistakes.”

A contrite Peter Benchley now says: "I couldn't write JAWS today." He's learned a lot about sharks lately, and he feels they're misunderstood: "Except in the rarest of instances, great white shark attacks are ... via The Cassandra Page

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Related Topix: Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws

Sat Nov 17, 2007

The Independent

Will Self: PsychoGeography

“I want Jaws, but without the shark.”

I expect you've been wondering where Tony Blair is. No? How quickly we forget how speedily we excise. via The Independent

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Related Topix: Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Jaws, Opinion

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