#Mythbusters jaws special movie#
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They also needed some rules of thumb for how strong a shark of that size In order to estimate the speed of a great white, they relied onĬalculations made from videos of great whites breaching the surface.īased on the video, they believe that great whites are capable Good 'average' for a mature, female great white. They decided that 17-19ft, 3000 pounds, would be a According to Shark Attacks of the 21st Century by RalphĬollier, the largest shark on record was 19 ft long and Was caught off Prince Edward Island and was 21 ft (not In order to test these myths they had to estimate the size and The MythBusters did four tests involving shark strength myths: Punching in the nose, but they did seem to respond to hits on the gills Jamie's observations were that didn't seem to respond that much to Jamie: 'their noses are quite hard' (like bone) They did seem to turn away when they were tapped. The sharks didn't become more aggressive, but To go down in a bubble sub, which actually looks like quiteĪ chum box was placed in front of Jamie who delivered some light punches Kari (to Jamie): 'If I see a shark coming up with a beret, I'm gonnaĪdam can't wear scuba gear because of problems with his ears but he's able Kari: 'If I was in charge, I wouldn't put him down there' Water seem more aggressive than the previous sharks. Later on Kari starts to get worried about Jamie as the sharks in the Do the sharks get angry from the punching?.Does punching specifically in the nose and gills work?.It's Kari's suggestion that they test with a real human punching as Buster suffered quite a fewīites and was even wrestled away from Jamie. The sharks, but it did not drive them away. Pretty well, even if his aim was pretty bad.

There were quite a few sharks in the waer and Buster punched them up Sharks, which according to the diving expert are responsible for most Stuffed with fish morsels while Adam on the surface operated the Shark cage, holding Buster on the outside of the cage. They flew to the Bahamas and put Jamie (dressed in chain mail) in a Kari: 'What do you think he'd wear, shorts or a little thong?' Rock 'em Sock 'em Buster test Issues they were able to test Buster with the thigh punchingīag and verified that it was similar to human punching force.Īdam also dressed up in the red man suit to take some punches Jabbing fist (fingers extended) and Jamie made the Kari built made one punching fist and one Using these results they built the Rock 'em Sock 'em punching They then used one of Buster's thighsĪs a punching bag. Using the slow-motion camera they measured the speed Theyĭressed Jamie up in the 'Red Man' cushion suit and had Adam They had to take some measurements on human punches. The plan was to create a Rock 'em Sock 'em Buster, but first In 1963, Rodney Fox attacked by great white shark. Myth: Punching a shark in the nose or jabbing it in the gills will Summary and lots of screen captures in the extended.

average # of people killed by falling coconuts per year: 150.

average # of people killed by sharks per year: 15.

During the show they provided the following statistic:

shark strength (ramming a boat, ramming a shark cage, pull down floating barrels, towing a boat)Īs the Discovery Channel did not want to be guilty of creating shark hysteria with this episode, there were ads highlighting the fact that sharks are not serious danger to humans.

#Mythbusters jaws special movie#

This was also the moment where Mythbusters went from 'eh' to 'this is my favorite show ever.This episode was two hours long and involved lots and lots of shark myths, mostly from the movie Jaws: Which was awesome.and I think he punched about 30+ sharks before the day was over. The rubber-fisted robot did work, but to further test that punching a shark will save you, one of the guys actually went underwater and started punching sharks in hand-to-fin combat. Wait, so did it work? Did the shark back off? If the shark backed off, was it due to other reasons (like, wtf, this is a RUBBER hand, not a real hand that is hitting me.) -blackbeltduck 5:56 PM Jared said.

#Mythbusters jaws special skin#

why dildos? 8:15 AM Jared said.Ī big part of the show is them using stuff you could get easily or cheaply.and buying pre-made rubber fists that are the right texture of human skin was apparently the best way to go when it came to shark-fisting.