Jaws (film) of a shark is simulated, the real shark enters a nearby estuary, killing a boater and causing Brody's oldest son, Michael, to go into shock. Brody then convinces Vaughn to hire Quint. Quint, Brody, and Hooper set out on Quint's boat, the "Orca", to hunt the shark. While Brody lays down a chum line, Quint waits for an opportunity to hook the shark. Without warning, it appears behind the boat. Quint, estimating its length at and weight at 3 tons, harpoons it with a line attached to a flotation barrel, but the shark pulls the barrel underwater and disappears. At
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).