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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I asked ai what the sharks name is and this is what it replied:

The shark in Jaws was never officially named in the movie, but behind the scenes, it was affectionately called Bruce. Steven Spielberg named the mechanical shark after his lawyer, Bruce Ramer. The name stuck, and Jaws fans still refer to the great white terror as Bruce today.

Did you know that Pixar paid homage to this by naming the friendly-but-menacing shark in Finding Nemo "Bruce" as well?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's also the name of the shark in the survival crafting game Raft.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Aw someone beat me to it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

https://annenberg.usc.edu/about/board-of-councilors/bruce-ramer

The Original Bruce

(With sharks like this on their bench, USC should take the Harvard approach to the Trump DEI doctrine. But maybe their endowment has been depleted by admissions cheating and racist doctor lawsuits.)

Edit a day later: RAPIST doctor, my apologies for not catching the autoincorrect!