Marine Scientist Reviews Shark Attack Scenes, from 'Jaws' to 'Open Water' | Vanity Fair

[@robbiestroud2858]

Bring this woman back to explain more PLEASE. She is so charismatic.

[@LeBasfondMusic]

I want to be her best friend

[@Theomite]

Literally anything, even things she isn't an expert in.

[@kimdeweese423]

No kidding! I love sharks and learned some new things based on the amount of details she added! I’d love to see her again!

[@whitneystanek5081]

The Shallow's script depicted a grizzly not a shark, sadly ruined early on 😤🤯😡

[@tobbgoblin]

She’s got a level head about everything. I love it.

[@Black_Bandito]

A scientist that surfs, laughs at deep blue sea, enjoys Finding Nemo. I wanna take her class

[@acelovesdiyschristopher7023]

Me too!! I'm not sure but I have an interest in doing marine sciences professionally.

[@johannesbengtsspn5423]

she seems to be a really good teacher and really fun to hang around.

[@LoveMae1222]

I wanna take her class too. I really like her, she seems so awesome!

[@Black_Bandito]

@Matias Kylen creepy

[@masterofpuppets5072]

You act like she's the only one

[@itsthevillainerd1351]

Please have her on again. And show her Sharknado this time.

[@karinamcevoy6542]

and soul surfer!! esp since it's based on a real attack!

[@johnnysopals]

haha especially the one where they go to space lol. concurrently get chris hadfield to analyse it aswell

[@Kosmas76]

Why do you hate her?!? :p Kidding aside, I agree with bringing her back.

[@seretith3513]

Don't make her suffer

[@asuraXTC]

Raccoon Rat why would you do that do you hate yourself?

[@lindseysquire8417]

Bring April back! She's so bubbly and intelligent, and she cares about sea life. I'm personally terrified of sharks, but she genuinely helped to relieve some of the fears that have been in me since childhood because of the media.

[@Dan_Ben_Michael]

@Chaos Burrito That totally depends on the species and where you are swimming. I live in Australia and shark attacks do occur quite often because of the high density of sharks, we are a predominantly coastal society and the type of sharks found here are (22 of the 26 species that are identified as biting humans without provocation). Although I agree that not all sharks are deadly and there’s plenty of places to swim where it’s totally safe and the odds of a deadly shark encounter (let alone seeing one) is extremely low in those areas, but I definitely wouldn’t classify Great White, Bull, or Tiger as the type of shark that are more scared of you than of it. That’s just not true and potentially dangerous to think because while technically you are correct because the majority of sharks being harmless the types of sharks that do attack humans are not more scared of humans than us of them.

[@jedielsa7452]

Good point about the media. What would our thoughts be if Jaws and a myriad of other shark movies had never been released?

[@CurtisTomko7107]

@Chaos Burrito That's what shark attack victims thought

[@downunderrob]

I think she makes a valid point about reclassification of attacks. There is a manifest difference between a swimmer being bitten in half, as opposed to a fisherman being bitten on the hand by a shark he has reeled in. Or someone being bumped and having the sharks denticles remove skin.

[@lkf8799]

Denticles 😂

[@lkf8799]

@Toxicyz Omg really? I guess I need to watch Shark Week. I thought he made up a funny word for teeth. Lmao. 😂

[@saschamayer4050]

@Downunder Rob I get your point. On the other hand living nowhere near a sea or ocean...

[@rockhound7147]

@Lana Fry Shark skin feels exactly like sandpaper because it is made up of tiny teeth-like structures called placoid scales, also known as dermal denticles.

[@laurelmoore5604]

The name is "Derma-dentacles" aka skin teeth but you are certainly right. They definitely need to reclassify it.

[@April-vu7yo]

Imagine a white shark biting you and then spiting it out because he is a picky eater. The disrespect lmao

[@laurelmoore5604]

I'd be offended while sitting in the hospital. Telling all the nurses, "He spit me out. Can you believe that?! Me. He spit ME out! I bet I'm delicious!"

[@kissarococo2459]

@@laurelmoore5604 "There's PLENTY of white tips and tiger sharks that want me!"

[@laurelmoore5604]

@@kissarococo2459 😂😂 I cackled at this

[@Fantasy_lova]

This thread is wholesome 😂😊

[@9ightdreamer]

How DARE they spit out the limb they took a chonk out of me! - what a food waster!

[@RDJ134]

I like this segment with April Boyle, so much energy and love for the sharks. Please do more :)

[@setonhawkins4286]

I love that all of the comments boil down to, "I wish I was friends with her." Those are some great vibes.

[@Horkruksable]

🤮🤮🤮

[@quentinwal]

Ok....I’m OBSESSED with her. She looks like she’s fun to hang out with!! Love the series too

[@tempestlad]

That she is: Great fun to hang out with! Apryl is a blast-funny, charming and super-smart! 👍🏼

[@hbeachley]

Oh my goodness, I love her! She looks like a Disney Princess version of a shark expert, and she’s so delighted in her subject. Love every second.

[@acelovesdiyschristopher7023]

I'd love to see a disney animated marine biologist character like her.

[@jollyjimbo88]

This gal is adorable. Great personality very energetic.

[@jedielsa7452]

She’s great!

[@mranster]

"Oh, you have a cut, you better get out...more waves for me." ::giggle::

[@carolannhook554]

This was great. I love that she knows that most of the films have ridiculous exaggerations and she can still enjoy them. :). I love the movie Jaws and, while it's true that it led to a lot of fear and hate for the Great White (Peter Benchley himself said he regretted writing the book), it's also been suggested that Jaws ultimately led to Shark Week, the longest running cable TV program with 32 years this August.

[@StatGoddess]

"Not calorie dense" is my new nickname. Thank you for the shark facts and environmental message on NOT using straws!

[@Auriflamme]

I want to get a tshirt with that printed on it so that any shark or bear or other top predator will know I'm just not worth their time.

[@shhhh6174]

@@Auriflamme it's going to be perfect for the zombie apocalypse too lol

[@Auriflamme]

@@shhhh6174 lol good one!

[@Novarcharesk]

Straws constitute virtually nothing to the amount of plastics to the ocean, and play, again, virtually no part in threatening marine life. It is a myth.

[@WAZZUP7227]

she looks exactly how i picture a shark expert. not in a bad way, she's adorable and i love her energy

[@ursulaspilioti]

Your "Scientist of X field reviews relevant videos" are generally of good quality, but this was exquisite, she manages to provide a lot of accurate info in a condensed and very entertaining way. Such a charismatic person.

[@TheThirdmoth]

I could listen to Apryl talk sharks every day of the week! She's so charming! Yes Please have her review the Sharknado series. Or have her review Shark Week segments. :)

[@nifbit]

I may be biased as an avid shark fan, but this was a real treat! The speaker was so knowledgeable and charming! She was geeking out in the best way. Love this!

[@kmkniu1869]

I have had several encounters with sharks, including one with a rather large tiger shark on Maui when I was 15, and they were all magical. My first was when I was seven and I woke up on the deck of our fishing boat eye to eye with a shark much bigger than me. My father removed the hook and released it back into the water. I would like to live in a world where we do not demonize sharks but respect and appreciate them. Ecosystems are in danger all over the world as more and more top predators, like sharks, become endangered. We can no longer be complacent.

[@michaelcullen5308]

I may not know much about sharks, but I do know about Jaws. The whole point of those guys not knowing a tiger shark is that they _weren't_ seasoned fishermen, but amateurs drawn by the reward. An earlier scene shows similar guys trying to catch the shark by dropping dynamite in the water.

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

Interestingly, for the scene in Jaws where the shark attacks the cage they used some real footage of a Great White filmed by Ron and Valerie Taylor. While filming that a shark got stuck in the lines for the cage and went "nuts" wrecking the cage. Spielberg loved the footage so much that the scene in the movie was rewritten to have Hooper swim off instead of being killed by the shark because the real footage didn't have anyone in the cage.

[@mickmaxtube]

Valerie also used her own lipstick to paint 'wounds' on a whites' snout to match Bruce's description in the screenplay.

[@Diamondduck98]

Wasnt it also a smaller fake cage with a midget inside to mimic the scale?

[@cbpd89]

The cage was scaled down and there was just a dummy inside, not a real person. But the footage turned out great, didn't it?

[@scottwallbank4794]

Indeed, Hooper dies in the book.

[@ekrs2022]

@Ben Fizz She didn't say they couldn't, just that attacking a cage like that is not a typical shark behavior. The comment here even notes that the shark damaged the cage because it was caught up in the line, not because it was trying to attack the cage. But SURE you know way more than a highly educated marine biologist

[@margaretforsey7763]

This is the coolest woman ever. How she nonchalantly tells a story of a Great White Shark looking at her while she was surfing. Wow! So knowledgeable and brave!

[@annettegenovesi4012]

Her gestures and ways remind me of Diane Keaton.

[@megancoolahan1620]

Margaret Forsey I came here for this comment 😂

[@Hadouken65]

Wasn’t the sharks getting smarter a side effect of their research for Alzheimer’s? They made their brains larger and they in turn got smarter. (Deep Blue Sea) - Yes, the film is ridiculous but also fun

[@seymourdouches1339]

That Shark he's got lifeless eyes, black eyes like a doll's eyes...

[@waynezimmerman5308]

Yes, the head scientist in Deep Blue Sea; played by Saffron Burrows, had identified an enzyme which seemed to revive neural activity in humans, but like you said normal sized shark brains didn't produce enough of it. Strange that Boyle didn't address that.

[@TheYolo88]

Wayne Zimmerman same, I was thinking maybe she hasn’t seen that movie fully

[@henrahmagix]

Apryl Boyle: "small morsel that is not calorie dense" Blake Lively: 😶

[@dazzenseabiscuit1366]

She is a complete and total LEGEND.

[@RenaG]

I love her. You can tell she really likes what she does

[@justinopperman4204]

Eating kids like potato chips was the best part 😂

[@jedielsa7452]

Lol!

[@1Atlkid]

I’m digging her practical approach to these scenarios.

[@MikeJohnson-hp8lr]

She wanted to be Matt Hooper...totally my kind of lady! Please have her back sometime. This was equally educational and entertaining!

[@ayjay579]

I wanted to be a marine biologist specializing in sharks. Then I learned that it's essentially the hardest job to get so I decided that I'm literally better off hoping to get famous or win the lottery. But I'm extremely jealous that she gets to have my dream job.

[@jdick91]

What you're saying might be true, but you know who ends up getting the jobs that are like that? People that didn't give up because someone told them how small their chances were.

[@acelovesdiyschristopher7023]

Thanks. I really had a large interest.

[@Apathygrrl]

I was hoping she would talk about the scene in Deep Blue Sea where the shark *SWIMS BACKWARDS*. It's physically impossible for them to do that. That scene infuriated me so much I wanted to throw the movie out the window.

[@ryno1509]

That was a plot point of the movie they weren’t normal sharks they were genetically altered

[@bethanywilson3867]

That moment where Shark Boy and Lava Girl is a more accurate movie 😂 (For some reason, the part where Shark Boy describes how sharks always move forwards is very crisp in my memory)

[@Apathygrrl]

@@ryno1509 It doesn't matter if they were genetically altered mutants, they're physically incapable of swimming backwards. All the scientists in the movie did was make their brains bigger. That's all they did. Sharks would need an overhaul of their entire physiology, not just a better brain. Like a rocket, they have no means of backwards propulsion. All they can do is change trajectory.

[@daughterofolaf]

Deep Blue Sea is such a mindless, idiotic movie. It’s unfortunate that such a dumb film would infuriate you. It’s not worth an ounce of frustration. 😂

[@Apathygrrl]

@@daughterofolaf I agree. Normally it wouldn't, but I majored in biology, specifically animal biology, and it just felt like a slap in the face. My BFF majored in geology, and she felt the exact same way after watching the movie The Core.

[@_P_M_]

No comment on Quint's story in Jaws of the USS Indianapolis, the worst shark attack in history?

[@bibiramkellawan8093]

She’s awesome I love her outlook on sharks and how she’s all about educating people about sharks

[@justwannapost69]

I was already digging her, but comparing kids to potato chips? You need her back! She's too funny.

[@NewbornOnyx]

Saying a meg would be scared of a kid though??? That’s a little dumb

[@andreaslaroi8956]

Don't call it an attack, call it a snack

[@KingOfNormans]

This lady is the science communicator we all need

[@woozertoo]

So what I learned is that Blake Lively is not calorie dense.

[@6thwilbury2331]

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait... So did he or did he not need a bigger boat?

[@horror_and_legos]

She genuinely made me want to take some college classes about sharks and ocean life.

[@mischiefmanaged5757]

The experts they get to film these are fantastic. I really love the way she debunks shark myths but is honest about the risks they could potentially pose. Another great instalment of this series.

[@Amethyst341]

I hope they bring her back I would like to see her react to soul surfer.

[@slytheringingerwitch]

I love sharks so much and my main issue with computer generated sharks is that they move too fast and jerky. I still rate Jaws and Jaws II as good movies though but I appreciate the inaccuracies within them.

[@faz6877]

You hit the nail right on the head! The effects in Jaws still look spectacular today. over 40 years later and not one film has made a shark look better on film. Obviously thanks to the skill of Spielberg. But CGI sharks move like a cartoon. They look like moving so unnaturally and always looks cheap. In my opinion Jaws is one of the greatest films of all time. It's not only a great shark film, it's a masterful piece of film making.

[@jodycapogreco938]

She needs her own channel.

[@ElPortoShark]

Thank you! This is my channel :)

[@jedielsa7452]

El Porto Shark You have a fun and energetic way of teaching. Thank you!

[@JPGarmay]

@@ElPortoShark subbed!!

[@MrsGreenCrocs]

this is EVERYTHING, she's so cool

[@jcr2016]

She seems like such a fun personality, she has a certain love for these films but also knows the truth behind all of these films. Jaws is my favorite film of all time and it’s great to see an expert defend it and also realize how it’s given people the wrong idea.

[@aimss4915]

Wow shes great! Can she talk about her the paths she took to get to study sharks and some of her coolest experiences

[@thereasings]

“Jaws” and the Matt Hooper character is why I love sharks, too 🥰 I’m glad I’m not alone!

[@Gerbravery]

Bring her back, she's extremely charismatic

[@queenzena]

I fell in 💙 within the first 10 seconds! Love her energy!!

[@Heyimvalarie18]

Her voice sounds so, so similar to Toni Collette, to me haha. She makes this Information palatable and actually fascinating to people like me, high school history teacher lol.

[@Dan_Ben_Michael]

Haha that’s quite funny as Toni Collette is Australian. I guess you mean when she’s playing an American. I totally agree with you that she’s engaging and I think kids learn better when teachers are passionate and interesting.

[@evita6208]

@@Dan_Ben_Michael You reminded me of Muriel's Wedding.

[@bemy26thsubscriber]

I’ve never saw jaws as a kid, only finding nemo and I love swimming with sharks now. They’re incredible animals

[@timhutchinson3264]

I love Apryl's enthusiasm. Very entertaining & informative video.

[@kylereynhart]

This was cool, still not going swimming 😂

[@leeharcus7001]

I'm still afraid of sharks but less so after watching this video. Thank you Apryl.

[@otakubancho6655]

That scene in Jaws with the dive cage was actual undersea footage of a great white filmed by a professional underwater photographer,it was in the extras section of the anniversary edition of the film.

[@Dan_Ben_Michael]

Ron and Valerie Taylor (Australian shark experts) were the ones who captured the footage in the dive cage scene They filmed it off the coast of South Australia and used a very short diver in order to make the shark appear as large as the mechanical one used in the film.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

That live shark footage was actually the first scene filmed for Jaws, nearly three months before Spielberg started filming on Martha's Vineyard. Richard Dreyfuss wasn't even cast at that point.

[@sampomarjomaa6410]

She's so awesome! She needs her own show!

[@MicaRayan]

This is exactly the kind of explanations I want to know right now. Thank you

[@b.v_nope3758]

I physically need April to review Shark Tale 😭

[@ila5725]

i love that she doesn't criticize what is incorrect and say that its wrong, instead she calls it silly and laughs to it in such an adorable way

[@secretfigs1932]

luv her vibe!

[@belad0nna]

Thing about Deep Blue Sea is that the intention WASN'T to make the sharks smarter. It was to make their brains bigger so that more of the desired substance could be harvested - the sharks 'getting smarter' was a side-effect. That's why she was so puzzled by the sharks' new behaviour.

[@amandah.3083]

I was going to say that same thing...

[@brianhays1797]

Amanda Hays not often I see someone who spells their last name the RIGHT way! 😃

[@amandah.3083]

@@brianhays1797 yes. It is very rare!

[@arieltkotz4877]

This is so good! She's perfect for this videos! And she explaining that the most frighting scene was the most realistic was chilling. I wish i could see her review/react to Subnautica, even if it's sci-fi and it's a game, for me is the best mix of beautiful and terrifying.

[@xKasumiChan]

Shame there wasn't 47 meters down. It's reeeally good movie.

[@Countrytinker1991]

That movie gave me anxiety. Lol

[@xKasumiChan]

@@Countrytinker1991 Me too haha.

[@stewartsmalls2024]

And the sequel with the blind sharks, just like the Meg should have been!

[@Daaaanielle]

I LOVE HER SO MUCH!!!!!!!! Please bring her back, she seems like such a nice human and loves sharks so much and is passionate about them. I'm glad people are trying to change their reputation because sharks are amazing glorious creatures.

[@georgiatappy4684]

She was fab, would love to see her again

[@hellozup]

The way she speaks and explains are so interesting and entertaining! Please have her back for more shark-related movie reviews

[@jessemorris5125]

She’s awesome, funny, laughs at the ridiculousness of these movies and knows her facts without sounding like a text book. Def enjoyed watching her break down these scenes. Her bubbly personality makes her so cute.

[@kylereynhart]

Make her react to 47 metres down!

[@clownprince7410]

The last part was my favorite hahahha "oh my god, I just drink without a straw" She's so lovely and hoping to see her in future reviews.

[@kiratheusagiisworkshop5266]

This lady is really amazing to listen too! And she really makes my anxiety about sharks fade away knowing they don't see humans as food, some are picky eaters and are easily spooked. XD

[@PirateJacques79]

Blake Lively: Small morsel (not calorie dense)

[@kevinmitchell2441]

Another good movie you can also debunk is the Reef it's a Australian shark movie about a crew on a sail boat that sinks and they have to swim to find help while being haunted by a great white.

[@zackd2852]

Apryl is sooooo AWESOME. I love her personality! She's hilarious and super cool!

[@robbiedelrey3924]

She’s awesome! Have her back to watch the sharknado movies 😂

[@electrojones]

This is one of my favorites in this series. Bring April back for more!

[@snelson6696]

Thank you!!!! Too many people have a warped sense of what sharks are really like. You’re a great teacher and fun too!

[@nessalutton4493]

I want to take a class with this woman! She's so fun and makes everything super understandable! Love her!!

[@fennaronest9431]

Im gonna tell all these facts to my parents to sound smart

[@Stobie75]

Great observation by a wonderful scientist. I'd love to know her view on the WW11 shark attacks on the seamen of the Indianapolis

[@virginiahildreth373]

Please do more videos with this woman! She is so great!

[@whenmoe7509]

I am so in love with this narrator - please all the up- votes to get her her own YT channel!!!!! Love her!

[@jac8313]

You had me at marine scientist.

[@sonofmovienerdking7230]

0:60 Well, keep in mind, Matt Hooper says that tiger sharks "...are extremely rare in these waters." But yeah, it is strange since tigers are among the most well known of sharks.

[@NoirTech83]

back then though I don't think its implausible that they wouldnt know what kind of shark it is. they arent reading books or studying marine life, just fishing

[@dejiadelekan3827]

Please bring her back. Smart, cute, funny......Shes awesome.

[@julsb3253]

Loved this so informitive thank you!

[@firestorm165]

If memory serves me in deep blue sea they were modifying the sharks so that an enzyme with remarkable medical properties would be produced in their brain. The sharks getting smarter was an unforseen side effect

[@tylersnead1510]

I wrote a series of papers and the thesis was are sharks mindless man eaters or victims of social prejudices based off their size and appearance. I came to the same conclusion with real life attacks and film attacks. That ever since Jaws, we associate sharks as villains. Peter Benchley also wrote a book 30 years later Called “Shark Trouble.” Another part of his conservationists efforts.

[@luisdominguez2048]

The only shark I ever saw in the wild was a small hammerhead which hangs out underneath a wreaked barge at crashboat beach in Puerto Rico. It was more scared of me than I was of it

[@NumptyMcNumptyface]

The biggest reason for The Meg being bovine excrement: megalodon is extinct. Still, I do love me a "good" shark movie, because most of them are just a load of silly fun. And let's be honest, nobody sane watches creature features for their scientific accuracy.

[@perenniallachrymosity276]

Bovine excrement xD

[@hekskey]

It's kinda funny that she says the part in Jaws with the shark shaking the cage isn't realistic, because the reason they put that in the movie that way was because when they were shooting footage of real Great Whites, one came up to the cage and got caught in it and started thrashing around. So what's in the movie, when you see the shark just flinging the cage all over the place, is real footage. Granted, they probably wouldn't typically do that on purpose. But still.

[@RawWrtochi19]

She's so cute haha she looks like a cartoon 🤗 if I saw her when I was a kid on a docuseries i would have loved the energy

[@TurboOvenMan]

OK I LOVE HER ALREADY

[@TheMichaelStott]

The Shallows Hollywood version: Great White ditches yummy Whale Carcass for a female surfer, a drunk, two male surfers and seagull. Australia: Six little Bull sharks get swept into Carbrook Golf Course lake after severe flooding in the 90s. Now some of them are over 8 feet long and breeding, these sharks have become tourist attractions

[@crypticmindz9858]

Do bring her back for more facts about anything really. Wholesome video. Informed and entertained. Thanks Apryl.

[@artdeco64]

I like this lady. She seems to have a very fun (& knowledgeable) personality.

[@rowancain503]

i’m going to the ocean in a few days, i don’t know why i’m watching this

[@jedielsa7452]

Now you know to get right in front of a shark cuz they won’t see you. Let us know how that goes!

[@JM-zd1dt]

So informative and fun! Love this

[@krystalbowen3680]

Not calorie dense lol I laughed

[@lschantz64]

I so want to do a shark cage dive, one of my bucket list items for sure.

[@drcapt]

The shallows is my favorite shark movie

[@RoseDubuc]

I love her and the way she explains everything! Bring her back, please!!!