{"id":28695,"date":"2024-12-13T12:18:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T06:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28695"},"modified":"2025-04-08T21:24:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T15:54:48","slug":"shortfin-mako-shark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shortfin-mako-shark\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortfin mako shark"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Shortfin mako shark:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a large <strong>predatory and highly migratory<\/strong> shark species that lives in the open ocean.<\/li>\n<li>The shortfin mako\u2019s common name is derived from the Maori term mako, which translated means \u201cshark\u201d.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is known for its <strong>incredible leaping ability<\/strong> and can be observed jumping to extreme heights (out of the water) when hunting.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> This classically shaped shark is hydrodynamically efficient with a pointed snout, triangular dorsal fin and large and a crescent-shaped caudal (tail) fin.<\/li>\n<li>The shortfin mako shark is a <strong>yolk-sac ovoviviparous<\/strong> shark giving birth to live young. Developing embryos feed on unfertilized eggs (oophagy) within the uterus during the 15- to 18-month gestation period.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Diet:<\/strong> The shortfin mako shark feeds mainly upon cephalopods and bony fish including mackerels, tunas,<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>It is found across all <strong>temperate and tropical ocean waters.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They can also be found near the coast where the continental shelf is short.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN:<\/strong> Critically endangered<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES:<\/strong> Appendix II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is IUCN?<\/h3>\n<p>The International Union for Conservation of Nature is a global organization composed of governments, NGOs, scientists, and experts dedicated to conserving nature and promoting sustainability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/in-a-first-mako-shark-in-the-mediterranean-tagged-by-virginia-tech-researchers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">In a first, mako shark in the Mediterranean tagged by Virginia Tech researchers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortfin mako shark  is a large predatory and highly migratory shark species that lives in the open ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28696,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-28695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}