Talk:Shortfin mako shark
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[edit] User:Urindar's edit
Hi, I just deleted a part of the behaviour section that was duplicated. By the way, the data was opposed to the part that remains, so its not clear to me if this shark can, in the end, jump six or nine meters, and its speed is 35 or 50 km/h. The two versions were nonconsistent...
--urindar 14:59, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
[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] Naming - Maori(1727) is unlikely
The article states that the word "Mako" comes from Maori and that it first appears in English in 1727. This is impossible as the first known spoken contact between Maori and Europeans was during Cook's voyage (1769). So either the etymology or the date is wrong. "Mango" is more common as the Maori word for shark, although it would be "Mako" to the southern tribes (they pronounce the northern "ng" as "k"). Other Polynesian languages seem to go for "Mano" or something similar, so I'm guessing the date is off. Perhaps it should be 1827? That would fit with the arrival of sealers in southern NZ, people who would have needed to both communicate with local Maori and be alert to sharks. --Rwestera 20:39, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
[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)
[edit] New weight record?
Yahoo! lists an article about the capture of a 1,063-lb mako. Perhaps we need to update the article? PaladinWhite 01:59, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Weight issue
According to the florida museum of natural history (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/gallery/descript/shortfinmako/shortfinmako.html) the biggest shortfin mako was around 505kg. The article states a massive 800kg! Prehaps a reference for this claim should be provided? Owz182 15:48 (GMT) 07 April 08
[edit] Wat do they eat?
Wat do they eat? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.57.240.217 (talk) 20:03, 15 May 2007 (UTC).
[edit] picture is not a mako
I'm not sure what it is, but the shark pictured in this article is not a mako shark. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.120.31.20 (talk) 20:38, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
