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He's not smarter, though. Like, literally, you can boil his downfall down to a basic concept that sharks in the present day don't do for the very reason that it'll be counterproductive to how they act and perform in life.

The biggest points to his strength come from how he can haul a boat to cause a wave to go over the stern, and how he can pull barrels underneath the surface of the ocean. They're impossibilities, but still just basic feats of strength that don't automatically go "kaiju". Kinda like how the Spinosaurus defies logic and snaps a Tyrannosaurus' neck in Jurassic Park III, which goes against biology in the case of both animals, and basic logic. It defied logic and showed beyond extreme strength but isn't a kaiju there on that alone.

The movie itself gives no indication that Jaws has any semblance of super speed, either. The Orca going at its fastest was able to create a considerable distance from the shark who lagged behind in a realistic fashion.

Durability is also a general trait among sea creatures. The shark could survive a few bullets, harpoon among some other stuff. That isn't exactly outrageous given sea creatures tend to be durable due to oceanic pressure and what they face both as food and as adversaries.

Don't forget the "Submarine" shark was still a hoax by Discovery Channel, the same channel that made another mockumentary on how Megalodon "lived", and how Mermaids existed.