"Twenty five. Three tons on 'em."
Thats the first thing I though of.....
The dude from Jaws said exactly what you quoted....and how much bigger that was then this.
BUT....not in the headline but in the article, is that it is a MALE shark...which are significanlty smaller I guess then female.
Turns out the female “Deep blue” is over 20 feet....so she could feasibly reach what the good captain was describing in “Jaws”