Jaws Australia

Press, 26 April 1978, Page 19

Jaws Australia

“Jaws of Death,” TV2's ‘‘Six-thirty Special” tonight,” looks at the most dangerous of maneating sharks, the white pointer. The documentary sugBen Cropp, a noted Australian underwater expert, covers facts about shark behaviour and shark attacks. Sharks have made 400 attacks, causing 200 deaths, in Australian waters during the last 100 years. Cropp’s documentary says that the white pointer, also known as “the white shark” and “the white death,” is the most feared and terrifying creature in the world’s oceans. He has spent more than 25 years filming shark activity.

The documetnary suggests that Unless man learns more about the shark, the shark could develop into an even more competitive predator, and keep man away from the sea. “In the world’s oceans, man is the intruder, and man is too often the victim,” maintains Cropp.“Man’s only effective defenses against this killer have been meshing, which has prevented attacks off Sydney’s beaches since 1936, and the explosive spearhead device.” Cropp also says: “The shark has remained practically unchanged for more than 200 million years. There is no need for change because nature is quite satisfied with her efeficient killing machine.”