{"id":327,"date":"2013-11-18T01:26:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ANIMALPAGES.COM\/animals\/?p=327"},"modified":"2024-02-23T18:38:18","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T18:38:18","slug":"how-fast-are-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalpages.com\/animals\/how-fast-are-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"How Fast Are Sharks?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Just how fast can sharks swim? Sharks make it notoriously hard to track their speed, because they rarely swim in a straight line or follow one direct course. Most sharks are cool, quiet swimmers averaging 1.5 miles per hour. 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