A sleek mako shark in a high-speed pose beside a speedometer gauge, a great white shark silhouette, and a fossil tooth on a light gray background.

The Fastest Shark in the Ocean — How Well Do You Know Mako Sharks?

Difficulty

Hard

Questions

30

Volts

3/q

Built for speed, clocked at 74 km/h, and closely related to the great white. Mako sharks are endangered pelagic hunters with cartilage skeletons and a fossil record stretching back to the Oligocene. This quiz races through the facts.

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