Shortfin Mako: Fastest Shark

It is also called the bonito shark. Its scientific name is Isurus Oxyrinchus. It is a relatively big species of shark and it can reach speeds of 60 miles per hour, or 96.6 kilometers an hour! That is almost as fast as a car on a highway!Its average swim speed is about 40 kilometers an hour. This shark uses its fast speed to catch prey, like tuna fish, which is the shark's favorite food! It can also escape from tricky situations like getting challenged by bigger sharks or killer whales. It can swim circles around the great white shark, which can only swim up to 40 kilometers an hour, and only in short bursts. That is more than half the shortfin mako's speed! Killer whales can be big shark killers, swimming at about 65 kilometers and hour, but shortfin makos can luckily escape them.

These sharks are cool and beautiful