The Shortfin Mako Shark

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The Shortfin Mako Shark. This agile predator fish is one of the world’s fastest swimmers, able to reach a top speed of over 40 mph! For perspective, the current 100m freestyle world record holder swam at an overall speed of 4.7 mph. 

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