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5 great shark movies, including Jaws and Finding Nemo

Shark movies. They’re awesome. Let’s pick out 5 great ones.

Sharks are awesome unless you encounter one in a movie.

While sitting on your couch and watching Shark Week might not give you any sort of frights, coming face-to-face with a big, hungry set of jaws is the stuff that movies are for.

Whether you want to watch a movie about a shark attack or just see a big, cartoon shark talk with an Australian accent, there are plenty of options out there for you to check out that will get you in a shark-y mood.

However, don’t settle for one of those subpar Sharknado movies. We’ve picked out five movies with sharks in them that won’t make you feel like you’re artistically compromising your evening movie time.

Just, y’know, make sure you’ve got plenty of shark repellant while you read this, and make sure you’ve got a big-enough boat.

Scientists stunned as giant shark-like blob appears beneath boat

The appearance of a giant shark-shaped blob on a research vessel’s sonar display recently had scientists pondering the existence of the long-extinct Megalodon.

The appearance of an enormous shark-shaped blob on a research vessel’s sonar display recently had scientists pondering the existence of the long-extinct Megalodon.

“Does the Meg exist?” The Atlantic Shark Institute, based in Rhode Island, asked this week on Facebook.

Based on the size of the blob, which resembled and moved like a shark, the creature would have measured 50 feet and weighed 40 tons.

The excitement lasted several minutes and the scientists were hopeful that one of the fishing rods would signal a bite.

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“However, much to our disappointment, the shape started to transition into a large school of Atlantic mackerel that hung around the boat for about 15 minutes,” The Atlantic Shark Institute explained.

“So close, but so far! The Megalodon (Otodus megalodon), disappeared more than 3 million years ago and will likely stay that way, but, for a few minutes, we thought he had returned!”

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