It is fast and savage and likes to sneak up on its prey. Which means that the mako shark does (0)________make the most relaxing of swimming companions.

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So the news (7) ________two mako sharks have been seen off Cornwall in just two weeks could leave some bathers preferring to stay on the shore.

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Yesterday beaches across the region were on red alert after (8) ________ fisherman reported seeing a mako jumping from the water just a mile from a popular beach.

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Alan Britton, 52, (9) ________terrified when he saw the shark

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– a cousin (10) ________the great white shark – jump from the water as he and three friends enjoyed a fishing trip.

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‘I couldn’t (11) ________my eyes,’ he said.

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‘(12) ________jumped clean out of the water just yards away from the boat.’

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It was (13) ________second mako shark to be spotted off the Cornish coast in just two weeks.

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Last month, Gwithian beach near Hayle was evacuated (14) ________one was seen prowling close to the shore.

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Shark expert Lindsay Holloway, from the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay, said bathers (15) ________not risk staying in the water when a mako was around.

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