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Basking sharks can jump as high and as fast as great whites: The second-largest fish in the world can swim more than twice as fast as the average man in the Olympic 50m freestyle
- September 21, 2018
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These gentle giants, which can grow up to 10 m in length, have been recorded jumping out of the water as high and as fast as great white sharks. Marine biologists are unsure why they do this, but have pointed to this phenomenon as evidence of how much we still have to learn about marine life.
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"Basking sharks can jump as high and as fast as great whites: The second-largest fish in the world can swim more than twice as fast as the average man in the Olympic 50m freestyle", MachPrinciple, September 21, 2018, https://machprinciple.com/post/Basking-sharks-can-jump-as-high-and-as-fast-as-great-whites-The-second-largest-fish-in-the-world-can-swim-more-than-twice-as-fast-as-the-average-man-in-the-Olympic-50m-freestyle
