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The book came from... Peter Benchley (author of Jaws) saw a clipping form the New York Daily News Paper that reported a capture of a 4,550 pound great white and then said that in a lifetime almost everyone liked sharks or dinos and then the idea just started. To read more about that get the book Shark Life by Peter Benchley.

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Along the New Jersey shore and Matawan Creek New Jersey. The culprit was once thought to be a white shark in both places, but the attacks in the creek are now at least, blamed on the bull shark, an aggressive species that can live in fresh water for a time.

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they got the idea from the jersey shore shark attack in 1916

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The film was based upon the book of the same name written by Peter Benchley .

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The 1975 movie Jaws was based on Peter Benchley's novel of the same name.

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The 1975 movie Jaws was based on the novel of the same name by Peter Benchley.

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To make movies which in turn can make its backers very, very rich.

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