Gen Z and Jaws

It’s time to name the real victims

A real as opposed to a plastic white shark. Photo by Carl Safina

Pop quiz: Can you name all five human victims in the 1975 film Jaws? With a little googling you probably could. Because those five mauled or fully swallowed Homo sapiens have probably had more influence on the sub class elasmobranchii that contains the 500 species we loosely term as “sharks” than any other humans who ever lived. Can you name the 500 species of shark with whom we…