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Mako sharks are fast, predatory sharks that can be found swimming in tropical and temperate oceans. These speedsters of the seas can reach 31 miles per hour, with bursts of up to 46 miles per hour.

A shark swims in Mediterranean Sea as Israeli police are looking area for a swimmer who they fear was attacked by a shark on Monday, near the Israeli city of Hadera, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

A woman reaches to a shark swimming in Mediterranean Sea in Hadera, Israel, Saturday, April 19, 2025. Credit: AP/Ariel Schalit ...

People swim next to a Sandbar shark in the Mediterranean Sea near the northern Israeli coastal city of Hadera, in a Nov. 22, 2022 file photo. MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty ...

Shark swim in Mediterranean Sea as Israeli police are looking the area for a swimmer who they fear was attacked by a shark on Monday, near the Israeli city of Hadera, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.

Shark swim in Mediterranean Sea as Israeli police are looking the area for a swimmer who they fear was attacked by a shark on Monday, near the Israeli city of Hadera, Tuesday, April 22, 2025.