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Watch the Video. Click here to watch on YouTube. Most divers hope to get a better look at the marine life and underwater ecosystems close to shore when diving in the ocean.
Most hammerhead shark species are too small to inflict serious damage to humans. [9] Man carrying a hammerhead shark along a street in Mogadishu, Somalia. The great and the scalloped hammerheads are listed on the World Conservation Union's 2008 Red List as endangered, whereas the smalleye hammerhead is listed as vulnerable.
Predators and Threats. Due to the great hammerhead shark’s immense size, it has few known predators. However, bull sharks prey upon the pups, and the adults are hunted and killed by killer whales.
The great hammerhead catch rate in Indian Ocean has declined 73% from 1978 to 2003, though whether these represent localized or widespread depletions is uncertain. The great hammerhead is critically endangered along the western coast of Africa, where stocks have collapsed, with an estimated 80% decline in the past 25 years.
Sphyrna alleni, the shovelbill shark, is a species of hammerhead shark found along the West Atlantic coast from Belize to Brazil. Its pointed cephalofoil distinguishes it from the more northern bonnethead shark ( Sphyrna tiburo ), from which it was split in 2024.
Cpt. Chip Michalove poses with a 13.5-foot, estimated 1,000-pound, hammerhead head shark, he tagged and released on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, near Hilton Head Island.
These sharks have a very high metabolic rate, which governs behavior in acquiring food. They occupy tertiary trophic levels. [10] The scalloped hammerhead shark, like many other species, uses the shore as a breeding ground. [10] Due to high metabolic rates, young scalloped hammerhead sharks need a lot of food, or they will starve.
A marine biologist had the "most amazing day" when he captured rare footage of hundreds of the world’s most sensitive sharks. Dr. Simon Pierce, 39, filmed the herd of hammerheads in the ...