Nature & Environment

Real-life 'Jaws' closes beach in Australia

By T.K. Randall
January 19, 2016 ·  31 comments

Shark attacks have been on the rise in recent years. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 3.0 Terry Goss The enormous great white, which is almost as big as the iconic shark from the classic Steven Spielberg horror movie 'Jaws', was spotted by the crew of a patrolling helicopter off Adelaide's Marino Rocks on Sunday afternoon.

"It's the biggest I've ever seen as a crew member in the Westpac chopper," one of the men was reported as saying. "We put it down as 7 meters the photo really doesn't do it justice."

Beach evacuated as enormous 22ft shark nearly as big as Jaws spotted off Australian coast https://t.co/jauFhht8me pic.twitter.com/T069pxNlX6

— Daily Mirror (@DailyMirror) January 18, 2016

Nearby beaches were evacuated and a junior Surf Life Saving event cancelled.

Helicopter crews are now working to herd the huge shark back out to sea.

Source: Sky News | Comments (31)

Tags: Shark, Jaws, Australia