These are a few of my favorite sharks being used to attract tourists.

The first photo is Ripley's in Ocean City, MD.  The shark imbedded in the Ripley's building moves to give the appearance of struggling to break free. The next two photos are souvenir stores located in North Myrtle Beach. 

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Sharks are really effective tool to get an attention. Who wouldn’t mind if there is a shark on your place, and wow, that is really big. Even those are only props or man-made, the sight of a shark really can get attention. Particularly with kids, but I don’t think they will get fun with those. They can be scared about that. If shark is an attention getter what will be the rate of a talking monster? I would not wonder if where the wild things are movie gets attention nowadays. Where the Wild Things Are getting made into a film is a curiosity to some, a bother to some critics and it's slated to be the new darling movie of "hipster" folks.  (The goofballs that wear women's pants from second hand stores – don't ask me; I just observe.)  Despite the lukewarm reviews, Where the Wild Things Are was a hit at the box office, with Law Abiding Citizen (another critical flop) taking the number two spot.  The book the movie was adapted from was written in 1963 by Maurice Sendak, and is yet one more script that wasn't written from entirely original material.  Perhaps a small installment loan to see Where the Wild Things Are might be worth it.