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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]
According to the International Shark Attack File, humans have been subject to just 17 documented attacks by hammerhead sharks in recent history, with no human fatalities attributed to the species. ...
There were 69 unprovoked shark bites on humans last year, 36 of which were in the U.S., according to the International Shark Attack File report of the museum. Of those 69 attacks, two were fatal ...
11-foot hammerhead shark with fish hooks in mouth caught by Texas angler, video shows Huge hammerhead shark tagged by researchers was almost too much for boat, photos show Show comments
This death was officially classified as a drowning by the Broward County, Florida, medical examiner's office; however, it is listed as a fatal shark attack by the International Shark Attack File. Reichardt drowned while diving on the wreck of the Ronald B. Johnson in 270 feet (82 m) of water 2 miles (3.2 km) off Pompano Beach, Florida , while ...
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 ...
2024 was an "exceptionally quiet year" for shark attacks. But the U.S. still led the globe - again. ... free divers accounted for 8%. Surfing dangers. Globally, surfers accounted for 34% of all ...
This is a list of fatal shark attacks in Australia. The Australian Shark-Incident Database has recorded that between 1791 and April 2018 there were 237 fatal shark attacks in Australia. [ 1 ] In the two years of 2020 and 2021 there were 11 fatal shark attacks in Australia.