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This is a tribute to Peter Benchley, not the movie Jaws (1975)

The author of 'Jaws' dedicated the rest of his life to reversing the unexpected negative impact his book had on the image of sharks.

Not only were sharks supposedly killed to create props for the movie, but 'Jaws' ended up awakening a bloody sea of ignorance in people at the time, who, haunted by an irrational fear and lack of understanding about marine predators, felt motivated to take to their boats and kill thousands of great white sharks in the most feared ways.

Such as the promotion of great white shark hunting championships that targeted the biggest ones, which were mostly pregnant females who, after being displayed as a trophy, had their jaws ripped off and their bodies discarded in the garbage.

Fear spread widely to all shark species, creating a lack of sensitivity that made it convenient to exterminate entire shark populations around the world that for a long time remained invisible to people's perception.

And this has continued to resonate for a long time with the entertainment media perpetuating the portrayal of sharks as monsters, newspapers favoring sensationalism about shark incidents, governments promoting shark culls, the advance of the unregulated predatory fishing industry, scientists not being supported in their studies of marine predators, the destruction of their natural habitats and the pollution of the oceans.

For thousands of years, sharks have taken care of the health of our oceans, older than the dinosaurs or the first trees, they have gone through great mass extinctions, they have been worshipped and respected as gods and guardians by oceanic peoples and now we demonize them in our media and exterminate them by the millions every year, who is the real monster?

We are shark-eaters.

I hope you can also hear what Peter Benchley himself had to say about all this:

Edit for the 50th anniversary of Jaws:

🩸 I've added two external links to some quotes from the text above to complement some things if you're interested!

🩸 A while ago I made a list to score, in 13 points, shark stereotypes that a work may contain. At the request of some, I decided to organize it and publish it here, naming it "The Jaws Effect" if you want to see it!

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I finally finished this artwork! Hope you like it. At some point I will adapt it for my little Redbubble store.🛍️

I reduced the quality to try to prevent them from stealing. I hope it's enough! 🙁

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I posted it in my little RedBubble store for anyone who wants it! There are clothes, prints and other curious things.🛍️

⭐️Link: redbubble.com/people/Requinoesis/

I also published it on INPRINT if you want a print with quality paper, I hope you like it! 🖼️

⭐️Link: inprnt.com/gallery/requinoesis/

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In 1944 a kitten named George (short for General Electric) was saved from drowning by a U.S. Navy crew member. George was then photographed and given a liberty card and detailed health record. Source.

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after a few thousand years you just start tuning him out sometimes

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fish rugs by h.h.hooks

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Nautilus expedition live streams (+ their commentary) | 2024

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I was feeling crafty over the long weekend so I made this Cheeto Diva 🍊

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HEY TUMBLR~

My comic is on preorder

you should buy it. Put PREORDER in the discount box to waive the taxes. Let me know if you want the 16+ version instead. :)

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omg an alien 👽

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They’ve had many lives and many ages: cats I’ve met in my time travels.

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I’m obsessed with Aja talking about the variety of space bitches in Untucked 👽

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BOSS-co

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Fun fact of the day

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Archival advertisements reveal the trends of their time: here’s my collection of vintage ads.

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Happy Free Comic Book Day!!

Did u know I make comics? And u can read them for free??

Seekers of Infinity (on hiatus, but has 4 chapters posted)

@outpostcomic (finished)

Leary link pending (will update this post when I got a link)

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It's crazy how giant squids and sperm whales just have like giant kaiju battles down in the deepest depths everyday and it's real

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Happy Alien Day!

Celebrate by reading Outpost, an Alien fan comic made by my brother and I!