The Mako Shark and its great speed
Introduction
Bluish color, which is clarified on the sides and with the belly completely white. Its strong and rigid tails are conceived to swim with great speed, which can swim at incredible speeds. They have binocular vision, they are very visual hunters and are able to perceive the dams by electro perception, but when attacking the important sense it is undoubtedly that of the sight. To boost their bodies they swim with an open mouth by channeling oxygen rich water through their guts. They are powerful hunters and among their prey is the jurel, the sardine, the beautiful, squid, sea turtles, dolphins and its favorite sword fish that represents a fundamental part in its diet.
Developing
They usually capture their prey surprisingly under water, they can consume 3% of their daily body weight and take two days to digest an average meal. Its diet is variable depending on the region where they live. Due to its large size, adequate anatomy and aggressiveness is considered one of the most dangerous animals in the world, there are various records of attacks on people and vessels motivated or without apparent motifs. Curiosities according to specialized studies This shark can reach up to 124 km/h representing the fastest animal of the ocean.
The reason for its potential speed is a perfect combination between its strong muscle mass, its medium -shaped fin and the fact of being homeotherm that implies tripling its muscle power. In addition your fusiform body allows you to jump up to 9 meters off the water. The Mako is an oviparo shark with litters ranging from 4 to a maximum of 16 young, which are born by measuring about 70 centimeters in length and when they become adults they can measure up to 3 meters. The courtship occurs at the end of summer and beginning of autumn, and it is thought that the male submits to the female (wow, this gentleman of the seas is impressive).
When this species has young in its belly, the most developed embryos eat their brothers and eggs. The reproduction cycle is every two or three years and life expectations are around 32 years. The distribution of the Mako shark is very wide, getting in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. It is quite migratory, especially when there are seasonal changes and for its food, and although it has been seen swimming in coastal waters, it prefers murky waters. But he has powerful rivals among natural threats is the white shark.
The orcas and the swordfish, the latter attacks only by self-defense in the face of the danger of being hunted. Even so, its greatest threat is represented by fishing in search of food and sport fishing. In search of its conservation, there are currently international agreements aimed at the fishing industry, so that they cooperate and adopt conservation measures. A team of researchers from the Bilbao School of Engineering (Spain), is studying the hydrodynamic properties of the Mako shark skin, the fastest in the world, in order to reproduce and apply it to the boats of the ships or the costumes ofNeoprene of high competition swimmers.
This team of researchers, led by the professor of the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Fluid Mechanics of the aforementioned Higher School of Engineering in Bilbao, Jesús María Blanco, has been with this research for five years. As explained, the hydrodynamic properties of the Mako Shark skin (Isurus oxyrinchus), are ever known. This has raised the interest of engineers when considering that they can be a good model to imitate when designing materials that improve the displacement in the water of boats and people. The peculiarity of the skin of these animals.
conclusion
They can reach speeds greater than 70 kilometers per hour, is that it is covered with similar dermal denticles, to some extent, to the fish scales. These denticles are adapted in their form, size, density and orientation to the specific hydrodynamic requirements of each part of the animal’s body. That is, they are not the same in the fins as in the nose, the two parts of the escualo on which Bilbao engineers currently focus their interest.
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