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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.
14-foot hammerhead shark found dead on Alabama beach was hiding bittersweet surprise 11-foot hammerhead shark with fish hooks in mouth caught by Texas angler, video shows
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 ...
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 ...
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". [2]
A July article about two Panama City Beach swimmers circled by a hammerhead shark was among the most viewed News Herald stories of 2021.
Carolina hammerhead: Sphyrna gilberti? western Atlantic Ocean Scoophead: Sphyrna media: DD California and northern South American coast Smalleye hammerhead: Sphyrna tudes: VU eastern South American coast Smooth hammerhead: Sphyrna zygaena: VU worldwide subtropical coasts, southern South America, Australia and New Zealand coast Whitefin ...
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