Turns out, there's more to the shark than sharp teeth and gills. Read on to learn about these misread sea dwellers.

Reaching speeds of 50kph, the mako is the fastest shark in the sea. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

So in order to replace that energy they need to eat a lot of food. To ensure a meal, the Mako shark implements certain tactics when hunting. It will often attack and bite off the tail of its prey ...

The situation for shortfin mako sharks in the Atlantic Ocean is particularly ... He goes on to caution, "Typically, in most of the exploited shark species we study we see pretty low diversity." ...