How did the shark die in the Jaws movies?

Answer 1

I can see how you would be confused by this, but the answer is really quite simple. The shark wasn't mature enough to be put in captivity. It was put in too small of a pool that didn't mimic its surrounings. There was not enough room nor oxygen in the tank. The shark was probably also confused on what was going on, so was unable to save itself.

Answer 2

I can see how you would be confused by this, but the answer is really quite simple. The shark wasn't mature enough to be put in captivity. It was put in too small of a pool that didn't mimic its surrounings. There was not enough room nor oxygen in the tank. The shark was probably also confused on what was going on, so was unable to save itself.

Answer 3

Chief Brody accidently hooks onto an underwater power cable with his tugboat. Brody then bangs on the line with an ore to attract the shark and climbs into a rubber raft. The plan works, the shark bites into the power line, which electrocutes it and lights it on fire, killing it. Brody, safe from the electricity with his rubber raft, paddles to Cable Junction, a man made power station island, to reunite with his family.

Answer 4

Late in the movie, FitzRoyce attempts to lure the huge shark into a filtration pipe to trap it there. His plan fails, and the shark overtakes him. With a little maneuvering, the shark takes FitzRoyce all the way inside its mouth, noisily "chews" and crunches him several times, and crushes him to death. He brought a grenade with him, but he was unable (or unwilling) to detonate it while he was getting eaten. The shark escapes from the filtration pipe, crashes through a giant plate glass window, and floods an underwater control room. It snags a hapless, struggling technician in its jaws, swiftly crunches and kills him with a few crushing bites, and spits him out. Then, as the shark menaces other people in the control room--gnashing its jaws at them--we see FitzRoyce's dead body lodged deep inside the shark's mouth, with the grenade still clenched in his hand. Mike Brody, who is wearing full diving gear, reaches into the shark's mouth with a long metal rod and pulls the pin on the grenade. BOOM! No more shark.

Answer 5

In the original Jaws, the shark is blown up after an air tank which is lodged in its teeth is shot.

In Jaws 2, the shark is electrocuted after it bites an underwater power line.

In Jaws 3, the shark is blown up when a bent pole is used to pull the tab of a grenade lodged in its teeth.

In Jaws: The Revenge, the shark is killed in two endings:

The original: It is impaled upon the bow of the ship, which sticks out like a spear.

The DVD: The shark is impaled on the bow and then explodes for no apparent reason.

Answer 6

It was blown up. Roy Scheider's character got the shark to swallow (or, try to swallow, anyway) a compressed air tank (or maybe it was a gas tank, I can't remember) and then he shot at the tank. He finally hits it -- after delivering the famous line, "Smile, you son of a *****!" -- and the shark explodes.

Answer 7

He was electrocuted.

Answer 8

It was electrocuted.