The Hammerhead shark is a fascinating creature, who are not like most other Sharks in the ocean. Ever wondered why their head is shaped weird? What is the purpose of it? How long do they migrate for?
Description
The Hammerhead shark is a long, odd looking animal. on average, they 11.5 feet long, and weigh about 1,000 pounds.
The odd shaped head they have is called a cephalofoil, and it allows for 360o vision.
The Hammerhead shark has very different physical features from most other sharks.
Habitat
The Hammerhead shark can be found throughout various places globally, and usually lives in warm tropical and coastal waters along continental shelves. Most Hammerhead sharks can be found deep underwater,but sometimes are found at the surface of the water, when far away from land.
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The journey took 62 days, and spread over 745 miles.
Why it Migrates It was shown that the Hammerhead shark mainly migrates when it is following food, such as the Mahi-Mahi.
Life Cycle Hammerheads are on their own from the start of birth, so much so, that when they are born, they swim away from their mothers to avoid being eaten. The oldest Hammerhead shark ever recorded was 31 years old. Summary
The Hammerhead shark is a very interesting creature, which we do not know much about. I think that we should try and learn more about these creatures because they seem to be very cool, and there is still a lot to
Neil chose to look in sedimentary rocks, such as limestone, sandstones, siltstones and shales, because they form fossils gently since they generally are formed by rivers, lakes and seas. At first, they were looking for fossils in the Devonian rocks in Pennsylvania, but they did not have much luck since the rocks had too much exposure. So they found that the High Arctic of Canada was ideal because the rocks were 375 million years old, they were sedimentary and had little exposure. Webbed fins, a flat head, a neck and scales on its
One of the most interesting features besides the shape of their heads is the fact that they have a 360 degree view, meaning they can see above and below them at the same time. Hammerheads are definitely an interesting mammal. Hammerheads are known to live in warm tropical waters around the world.
Hammerhead sharks prefer to hunt at night time. When the oceans are warmer, Sharks usually hunt in groups to save energy and they can get more food. A few sharks can hunt and bring back food for others. Hammerheads don’t always attack everything they see that they can eat. Not eaten what harms them can make sharks save
Originally found in the Atlantic Ocean, the sea lampreys where first discovered in Lake Michigan in 1936. The sea lampreys can be described as jawless parasites with mouths similar to suction disks. They also have very sharp teeth which they us to attach themselves to fish in the water, allowing them to feed on their blood and body fluid for various hours or even weeks. This usually causes visible injures to the bigger fishes and kill smaller fishes. These sea lampreys contribute to the decline in the population of white fish in the great lakes.
The front part of the shark is basically the nose end of the shark which is known as the rostrum. On the underside of the rostrum you can see the nostrils. They noticed there was two holes, the
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The northern snakehead preys on zooplankton, smaller fish, fish larvae, crustaceans, frogs, insects, small reptiles, and even small mammals and birds. In the areas in which the northern snakehead has invaded, native populations are having gradual decreases because of the northern snakehead’s unextinguishable appetite. The most notable features of the northern snakehead fish are its snake-like characteristics. The fish has a long cylindrical body with the blotchy coloration and patterns of a snake.
Author Peter Benchley was born in New York City in 1940. Over the next 65 years, he became one of the most widely-known and respected conservationists in the world. He used the acclaim from Jaws to alert the world to the growing danger of sharks, other sea creatures and the oceans themselves. Before the publication of the book in the 1970s little was known about sharks. Benchley wrote Jaws based on his imagination and the memories of summers from Nantucket, Massachusetts.
According to Charles Peterson, a marine sciences biology and ecology professor at the University of North Carolina, between 1970 to 2005; there was a 97 percent decrease in the scalloped hammerhead and tiger sharks along the east coast. During that time, 14 different prey species’ populations increased. Moreover, overfishing is a contribution in the declining numbers of sharks. People are more open to trying different foods
The Great Hammerhead Shark has many physical attributions that make the species unique to other sharks. Perhaps its most well-known anatomical feature, the flat and t-shaped cephalophoil, aids the Great Hammerhead in catching prey. Ampullae of Lorenzini on the hammer-shaped head sense hidden prey, which especially benefits the hunting of stingrays. The variations within the cephalophoils differentiate hammerheads from each other. In addition, wide-set eyes give The Great Hammerhead shark a greater, more enhanced range of sight.
It lives in waters around 3000m deep. They can live in any open ocean. The Hammerhead was discovered in unknown time by an unknown discoverer. A few facts about the Hammerhead Shark is there is 9 different kinds, They have a hammer shaped head, and they grow up to 1000lbs. Without the Hammerhead some fish could overpopulate.
About 3 or 4 years ago my two cousins and I went deep sea fishing with are dads. We went so far off the coast of Florida you couldn’t see land at all. When we got back ( I was the only one who caught a shark he was a small Hammerhead) from the fishing trip we went back to our condo. Since then I have never caught a shark.
There’s a place in the world that they feed bull sharks, because when they do for the sharks they do not have to hunt. When they are full they do not hurt people. Bull sharks are just looking for food, and when they are fed they are really cool animals. Bull sharks are cool animals, here are some facts. They are fond all around the world, and they are found near shore lines.
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I pulled back and had the fish hooked. I knew it had to be a big fish because it was hard to reel in. After about 25 or 30 minutes the fish was almost at the doc. Then I started to pull it out of the water and that’s when I realized it was a shark. The shark was about two feet long and weighed 45 pounds.