Under Paris' Story Still Doesn't Makes Much Sense
Though the presence of predators like bull sharks gives *Under Paris* a semi-scientific justification for its narrative, it would be a stretch to suggest that this makes the movie in any sense realistic. Bull Sharks and other freshwater species are, first of all, only found in warm and temperate environments. Simply too cold to maintain an animal like a bull shark, the Seine is a long distance north of the extreme boundaries for certain species. *Under Paris's* narrative cannot thus ever occur in actual life.
Another consideration is that Lilith, the shortfin mako species shown in *Under Paris*, is not among the sharks that can survive freshwater environments. Makos are actually an open-ocean species designed for amazing speed rather than stalking across muddy river water. It wouldn't be a mako even if one could consider a shark to be able to survive in the Seine. Of course, *Under Paris* clarifies this using scientific garble regarding adaptation. While his explanation drives the movie into fantasy land, it's crucial to understand that river sharks are a genuine possible menace.
Freshwater sharks' danger level?
Though they have a terrible reputation, sharks pose a quite small threat to people. Many seem more benign activities are considerably more likely to be dangerous even considering the infrequency with which individuals come into possibly fatal fish. By PETA, statistically ladders, misplaced champagne corks, and lightning strikes are more likely to kill human beings than Shark Attacks. That said, the shark species people are most likely to come across up rivers do rate among the most dangerous in existence.
Rather than the great white portrayed in the film, it is thought that bull sharks carried out the Jersey Shore Shark Attacks of 1916 inspired *Jaws*. Considered among the most dangerous of all shark species, the Bull Shark also coexists alongside the tiger shark and the great white. Although the species is famously bad-tempered and intolerant of anything in its range, its inclination to live in extremely shallow warm water often brings it into touch with bathers. Rather than the great white shown in the film, it is thought that bull sharks carried out the Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 inspired *Jaws*. Bull sharks so do provide a possible hazard to everyone swimming in a river within their range.
Sharks Can Live in Fresh Water, As in *Under Paris*
Though the concept of a deadly shark swimming under Notre Dame sounds hardly plausible, actual sharks can and do swim up rivers. Though many species of sharks are stereotyped as just marine life, few of them have an intriguing evolutionary adaption that qualifies them on a list of specialist animals: they can survive both salt and freshwater circumstances. Among sharks able to survive in both salt and freshwater are the Ganges shark, the northern river shark, the speartooth shark, and—most famously—the bull shark.
Actually, and as frightening as it would seem based on the events seen in *Under Paris*, sharks are found in rivers all throughout the world. Based on frequency of occurrence in African rivers, the bull shark—also known as the Zambezi shark—is by far the most often occurring. But the range of the bull shark goes much beyond Africa; sightings have been reported thousands of miles up the Mississippi and Amazon rivers. Given the frequency with which bull sharks in particular frequent fresh water, *Under Paris's* central conceit no more appears quite so ridiculous.
Killer Shark Concept Though it seems ridiculous, swimming a river to attack people in a city has some surprising truth.
Though ridiculous as the premise of French shark thriller *Under Paris* seems, there is an unexpected element of reality to the tale. The killer fish hunting swimmers in the Seine seems to be *Under Paris* has been praised by some as the best shark attack movie since *Jaws*. It is both a blood-soaked horror thriller and a surprisingly intelligent parable for the threats presented by climate change. Although its larger themes and entertainment value help to explain the favorable response, it is also crucial to recognize realistic components running across the narrative.
*Under Paris* is rife with considerably more realistic details for all its fanciful story points—freakishly big killer sharks, fast evolution, asexually reproducing shark colonies, and fish with a penchant for triathletes. Though there aren't any sharks in the Seine, *Under Paris's* finale, for instance, is motivated by the actual narrative of ancient Second World War bombs lurking under the surface. This reveals that not everything about the film is false even with the intentional bombast on show. Surprisingly, this also relates to the concept that, theoretically at least, the thought of a shark living in a river is not intrinsically bad.
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Though the concept of a killer shark swimming beneath Notre Dame seems hardly realistic, the fact is that actual sharks can and do swim up rivers. Though many species of sharks are stereotyped as just marine life, few of them have an intriguing evolutionary adaption that qualifies them on a list of specialist animals: they can survive both salt and freshwater circumstances. Among sharks able to survive in both salt and freshwater are the Ganges shark, the northern river shark, the speartooth shark, and—most famously—the bull shark.
Actually, and as frightening as it would seem based on the events seen in *Under Paris*, sharks are found in rivers all throughout the world. Based on frequency of occurrence in African rivers, the bull shark—also known as the Zambezi shark—is by far the most often occurring. But the range of the bull shark goes much beyond Africa; sightings have been reported thousands of miles up the Mississippi and Amazon rivers. Given the frequency with which bull sharks in particular frequent fresh water, *Under Paris's* central conceit no more appears quite so ridiculous.
