Jaws (ride) The attraction remains open at Universal Studios Japan as well as the original tram stop at Universal Studios Hollywood. After the shark nicknamed as "Jaws" was eventually destroyed by Chief Brody, Matt Hooper and Quint in 1974, Brody became a legend in Amity Harbor, and the "Jaws" incident inspired Steven Spielberg's big Hollywood movie. However, the tourism on Amity Island strongly decreased following the incident due to a fear of sharks. However, resident seaman Jake Grundy decided to open a new boat tour on the island which would take guests out to the historic areas where the shark attacks actually
Copper shark the British Museum". The earliest name was once thought to be Auguste Duméril's 1865 "Carcharias remotus", until it was found that the type specimen associated with that name is actually a blacknose shark ("C. acronotus"). Thus, this shark was often referred to as "C. remotus" in older literature. An even earlier name, Richard Owen's 1853 "Galeolamna greyi", is of questionable taxonomic status as it was based solely on a set of now-destroyed jaws that may or may not have belonged to a copper shark. Modern authors have assigned this species to the genus "Carcharhinus". The specific epithet "brachyurus" is derived