Talk:Shortfin mako shark

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[edit] User:Marte's edit

I've reverted his edit because it deleted the taxobox and the links, but some of his edits at [1] may be worth incorporating into the article. Please review. Mgm|^(talk) 13:14, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)

This kind of shark has a bladder. Other types don't. What's that called? How about a sentence or two?

[edit] Makeover

How is "Mako" pronounced? Does it rhyme with "Whack-oh" or "Shake-oh"? This page [2] suggests the former, but it's a guide to a Japanese animation and it's on Geocities, so it's not authoritative. Stick the answer in the article. -Ashley Pomeroy 18:43, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

It's pronounced like "may-ko". Watch Deep Blue Sea. -Alex 12.220.157.93 11:13, 28 December 2005 (UTC).

No, it's more like ma-ko, pretty much as it would read in Japanese (but look at the linked page on Maori pronouciation). I imagine some would pronounce it as you have written, but it's not correct.

There's a discrepancy with the Shark article. There it states that makos can swim up to 48 km/h while the figure here is 35km/h. Please fix.

[edit] Disputed

The article says that Mako is from the Maori for 'blue lightning' (with no source citation), however this BBC article says that it is from the Maori for 'man eater'. I've added a 'disputed' template until we can clear this up. Cynical 11:31, 5 August 2006 (UTC)