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  2. Hammerhead shark - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 December 2024. Family of sharks Hammerhead sharks Temporal range: Early Miocene – recent Pre๊ž’ ๊ž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N Scalloped hammerhead Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Chondrichthyes Subclass: Elasmobranchii Order: Carcharhiniformes ...

  3. Great hammerhead - Wikipedia

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    The great hammerhead shark is an active predator with a varied diet, known prey of the great hammerhead include invertebrates such as crabs, lobsters, squid, and octopus; bony fishes such as tarpon, sardines, sea catfishes, toadfish, porgies, grunts, jacks, croakers, groupers, flatfishes, boxfishes, and porcupine fishes; and smaller sharks such ...

  4. Scalloped hammerhead - Wikipedia

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    The scalloped hammerhead was the first shark species to be protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. [25] As of 2021, the scalloped hammerhead has been categorized as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List. [26] The IUCN cites overfishing as the main cause for the drop in population numbers. [26]

  5. Great Hammerhead Shark - AOL

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    The great hammerhead shark is found in a variety of water depths such as shallow lagoons and coral reefs, and in deeper waters up to 984 feet. These sharks frequent coastal and tropical waters, as ...

  6. Hammerhead sharks suddenly surround boaters in Alabama ... - AOL

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    A hammerhead “feeds mostly at dusk,” the Shark Research Institute reports, according to McClatchy News, and uses their head shape to “bludgeon” and pin stingrays and other aquatic life.

  7. Carolina hammerhead - Wikipedia

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    The Carolina hammerhead is named in honor of Carter Gilbert, who unknowingly recorded the first known specimen of the shark off Charleston, South Carolina, in 1967. [6] Dr. Gilbert, who was the curator of the Florida Museum of Natural History from 1961–1998, caught what he believed was an anomalous scalloped hammerhead shark with 10 fewer ...

  8. Scientists discover possible hammerhead shark nursery in ...

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    The smooth hammerhead is one of nine known species of hammerhead shark. It is considered "vulnerable" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's list of threatened species.

  9. Sphyrna - Wikipedia

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    Sharks portal; Sphyrna is a genus of hammerhead sharks with a cosmopolitan distribution in the world's oceans. Members of Sphyrna have a tendency to inhabit coastal waters along the intertidal zone rather than the open ocean, as their prey such as invertebrates, fish, rays, small crustaceans, and other benthic organisms hide in the sands and sediment along these zones.