Jaws (novel) day, the shark starts ramming the boat. Quint is able to harpoon it several times. The shark leaps out of the water and onto the stern of the "Orca", ripping a huge hole in the aft section and causing the boat to start sinking. Quint plunges another harpoon into the shark's belly, but as it falls back into the water, his foot gets entangled in the rope, and he is dragged underwater to his death. Brody, now floating on a seat cushion, spots the shark swimming towards him and prepares for his death. However, just as the shark gets within
Epaulette shark been assessed as Near Threatened, as there it faces habitat degradation, destructive fishing practices, and over-exploitation by artisan fishers. In 2015, the behaviour of an Epaulette shark was filmed in detail by the BBC for the first episode of a new documentary series named "Shark", released around the 40th anniversary of "Jaws". The documentary shows an Epaulette shark's ability to walk over land, and its hunting behaviours in the ebbing tide. Epaulette shark The epaulette shark ("Hemiscyllium ocellatum") is a species of longtailed carpet shark, family Hemiscylliidae, found in shallow, tropical waters off Australia and New Guinea (and possibly elsewhere).