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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
A large hammerhead shark was spotted feeding on some stingrays feet away from beachgoers in Orange Beach, Alabama, on August 15, viral video shows.Footage captured by Texas resident Catarena Peek ...
The hammer-like shape of the head means that hammerhead sharks can sweep for prey more effectively. The hammerhead sharks are a group of sharks that form the family Sphyrnidae, named for the unusual and distinctive form of their heads, which are flattened and laterally extended into a cephalofoil (a T-shape or "hammer"). The shark's eyes are ...
Sphyrna alleni is a small species of shark, measuring less than 150 centimetres (4.9 ft) in length. Like other hammerhead sharks, its head is shaped into a flattened cephalofoil. The latter has a more angular anterior edge than that of S. tiburo, and bears lobes on its posterior edges, leading to it being described as "shovel-like". [1]
A July article about two Panama City Beach swimmers circled by a hammerhead shark was among the most viewed News Herald stories of 2021.
The bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo), also called a bonnet shark or shovelhead, [3] is a small member of the hammerhead shark genus Sphyrna, and part of the family Sphyrnidae.It is an abundant species in the littoral zone of the North Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, is the only shark species known to display sexual dimorphism in the morphology of the head, and is the only shark species known to be ...
Hammerheads use their oddly shaped head to find their favorite prey – stingrays.
The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m (15 ft) and reaching a maximum length of 6.2 m (20 ft). It is found in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, inhabiting coastal areas and the continental shelf.