Shark Speed - World's Fastest Sharks

SHARK WEEK MINI-GRAPHIC #1
SHARK SPEED
THE WORLD’S FASTEST SHARKS

Sharks make it notoriously hard to track their speed, because they rarely swim in a straight line or follow one direct course. Most sharks are cool, quiet swimmers averaging 1.5 miles per hour. But predator sharks can really turn on the heat when they want to eat

0 mph 10 20 30 40 50 mph

SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK
Reliably clocked at 31 mph with one report of 46 mph

GREAT WHITE SHARK
Top speed of at least 25 mph, but possibly as high as 35 mph

BLUE SHARK
Reliably clocked at 24.5 mph

HUMAN
Top speed about 5mph
(olympic swimmers)

AVERAGE SHARK
Most sharks cruise along slowly at about 1.5 mph

0 mph 10 20 30 40 50 mph SHARK WEEK MINI-GRAPHIC #1 SHARK SPEED THE WORLD'S FASTEST SHARKS Sharks make it notoriously hard to track their speed, because they rarely swim in a straight line or follow one direct course. Most sharks are cool, quiet swimmers averaging 1.5 miles per hour. But predator sharks can really turn on the heat when they want to eat! O mph 10 20 30 40 50 mph SHORTFIN MAKO SHARK Reliably clocked at 31 mph with one report of 46 mph GREAT WHITE SHARK Top speed of at least 25 mph, but possibly as high as 35 mph BLUE SHARK Reliably clocked at 24.5 mph HUMAN Top speed about 5mph (olympic swimmers) AVERAGE SHARK Most sharks cruise along slowly at about 1.5 mph O mph 10 30 50 mph 20 40 © ZOOLOGYDEGREEONLINE.COM COO0 SOURCE: elasmo-research.org/education/topics/p_shark_speed.htm Created under a Creative Commons License BY NC ND