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To: Capt. Tom

I dunno, the term “Great White” sounds kind of racist. Perhaps they need to rename these sharks Big Ass Privileged sharks.


29 posted on 08/18/2019 8:01:19 PM PDT by Flick Lives (MSM, the Enemy of the People since 1898)
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To: Flick Lives

Man-eater!

That was the common name used for centuries to describe the shark species, Carcharodon carcharias.

From the 1975 movie “JAWS”:
Mayor Vaughn: “And what did you say the name of this shark is?”
Hooper: “It’s a Carcharodon carcharias. It’s a Great White.”

The 1975 Movie JAWS made the words “great white” and “white shark” popular with the public, and
“man-eater” is rarely used today. - Tom


35 posted on 08/19/2019 7:04:45 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
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