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A hammerhead shark in shallow water. According to the International Shark Attack File, humans have been subjects of 17 documented, unprovoked attacks by hammerhead sharks within the genus Sphyrna since AD 1580. No human fatalities have been recorded. [34] Most hammerhead shark species are too small to inflict serious damage to humans. [8]
Great hammerhead embryos are connected to their mother by a placenta during gestation. As with other hammerhead sharks, great hammerheads are viviparous; once the developing young use up their supply of yolk, the yolk sac is transformed into a structure analogous to a mammalian placenta. Unlike most other sharks, which mate on or near the sea ...
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 ...
Scalloped hammerhead swimming (video) The scalloped hammerhead is a coastal pelagic species; it occurs over continental and insular shelves and in nearby deeper water. It is found in warm temperate and tropical waters, [12] worldwide from 46°N to 36°S.
Hammerheads use their oddly shaped head to find their favorite prey – stingrays.
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 ...
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 ...
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