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An impressive mako shark leaping gloriously out of the water barely avoided a crash landing on a passing boat … then continued its sick jumps.
The crazy scene played out in Australia naturally where a group of friends was fishing off the Queensland coast when they noticed that the mako, also known as the blue pointer, was putting on a spectacular show … beyond things at SeaWorld level .
One of the boys started filming after the shark had already broken the water multiple times, getting several feet of air with each jump, but luckily, it was just starting.
In the shark’s third jump in the video, he nearly hit a fishing boat, but landed in the water right next to it. Then he swam for a couple more stunts.
Makos are the fastest sharks in the world, reaching top speeds of nearly 50 mph. They often jump this way to escape fishing hooks, but they are also known to jump free just for the sake of it.
It seems that this was a case of the latter … which makes it much better.
