Hammerheads are usually talked about as if it was just one creature but in a matter of fact the hammerhead shark comes in nine different species. The largest of the species is the Great hammerhead shark, they can range from 3.4m to 6m long and 225kg to 450kg in weight, the females are larger than the males but males mature at an earlier stage, although smaller sizes are more commonly found. The hammerhead sharks habitat is offshore in water depths of 300m, also in shallow coastal areas like continental shelves and lagoons. The hammerhead moves poleward when migrating to get to cooler waters when it is the summer season, which is caused by the abiotic factors. The young swim mostly in shallow waters along the shores almost all over the world …show more content…
They have a great sense of smell so they are able to scout out food without too much trouble. Hammerheads also eat fish, octopus, squid and sometimes other sharks, even its own young if food was scarce. There have been reports that when food is scarce they will turn on each other so they could survive. The stingray is the hammerheads favourite food source. Hammerhead sharks, although dangerous, are keen eaters of stingrays. They patiently search the ocean floor for a buried stingray and when they have located one it sneaks up behind and pins the ray to the floor using its abnormal sizes head, slowly devouring it while it’s alive.
Out of the many 10 known species of hammerhead sharks, only a small 3 of them have been known to be reasonably dangerous to humans. This consists of the Scalloped Hammerhead, Great hammerhead and the smooth hammerhead. Since 2013 there have been 33 recorded hammerhead shark attacks, but no deaths have become of them. The Scalloped and Great hammerhead sharks have been listed as endangered on the IUCN 2008's red list but the smalleye hammerhead shark is only rated as vulnerable. The reason these sharks have been rated as this is because of the over
Sharks do not have skeletons, but just cartilage. Also their jaws can move independently without any of their other body parts. It allows them to have a stronger hold on their prey. Sharks have oil in their liver that allow them to eat less often. So when they eat us up, they must be really hungry. Their fins help them feel vibrations of other creatures so that they can get into position to pounce on their prey.
Sharks are aquatic creatures and very important to the living with lots of information humans may not understand. To start off, femeles give birth to 7-9 sharks per litter that are 3-4 feet at birth. Next humans believe all sharks are monsters but out of 400 species only 4 sharks have been claimed to attack on humans. Lastly sharks attack for 2 main reasons one reason is for defense and predation. They attack in defense when humans are in or around their territory they attack in predation mistaking people for seals. In conclusion sharks are creatures that humans are still learning about and try to understand them better.
Sharks are vicious creatures and eat humans. Don’t go into the water if you see a shark nearby or they will come after you. These are a few of the many things you will hear from the television or even people you may know. Humans are not a part of the shark diet so it is highly unlikely that a shark would randomly go after a human. The media likes to make their shark stories more exciting by adding words like “aggressive” or “threatened.” There was a total of 4 deaths caused by sharks in 2014 which is a large contrast to the 11,417 sharks that are killed per hour by humans. sharks) need to be preserved and protected in order to preserve our oceans. Laws that are more strict should be implemented in order to achieve this goal.
Sharks are one of the oceans top predators. They vary in size from the extremely small dwarf shark, to the colossal whale shark. Sharks can be found all across the world’s oceans, from the tropic waters of Hawaii to the sub zero temperatures in the Artic oceans. Of the hundreds of sharks a select few species have actually been recorded in the Artic. Of these few, only three of them spend the majority of their time in these harsh, freezing waters. These sharks are the Greenland, Pacific Sleeper, and Salmon sharks.
The great hammerhead shark, also known as Sphyrna mokarran, is a pelagic shark and is found world wide in
Loggerhead turtles might be seeing their last day on earth. Humans are killing the loggerhead turtles each year by commercial fishing and trawls, marine debris, and Artificial lighting on the beaches. We should make a difference to these loggerhead turtles and help them survive and be close to living a full live. Humans should not be careless to the innocent creatures. We need to act now, loggerheads are dying of our cruel actions.
If a bull shark and hammerhead shark were to fight, the bull shark would win. Bull sharks are the most dangerous sharks in the world! Along with this, bull sharks have special adaptations, and they hunt in shallow waters. Although hammerhead sharks have great vision, the shape of their heads, and the placement of their eyes cause them to have a huge blind spot right in the middle of their head. This makes it easier for other sharks to win a fight against the hammerhead.
In a village deep in the woods of South Dakota there was a child born. This child's parents were the leaders of the village. All the people in the tribe waited to find out if the baby was a boy or a girl. Later that day they all find out it was a boy. His name was Alex. Time passed as they taught him how to walk, talk, and other things. His nickname was Alex Arrowhead because his birth mark looked like an arrow. Once Alex was two him and his parents went on a walk. A giant bear come out of the woods and attacked his parents. Alex ran back to the village to get help. They ran back to see his parents and they had died. So Alex went to live with his uncle.
Food Habits and Predators: The Skipjack Tuna feeds on array of different life in the ocean; but mainly feed on cephalopods, crustaceans, lantern fish, other fish and mollusks. There has also been a lot of speculation as to if this species is cannibalistic due to their highly varied diet and their opportunistic behaviour during feeding (APN) (ADW). Larger predatory fish as well as other animals prey on the Skipjack Tuna. The most common predators are Billfish, various Seabirds, various Sharks, Wahoo and Yellowfin Tuna (APN) (FLMNH).
Reproduction usually occurs once a year for hammerhead sharks. Male hammerhead sharks start to bite the female hammerhead sharks when they are ready to mate. Female hammerhead sharks give birth to their cubs in the warm water. They are able to have 12-15 cubs at once. Not all cubs will make it out of birth from the mother. The female hammerheads immediately leave the pups alone to take care of themselves. A good percentage of the cubs will survive after birth and it is unusual for all cubs to survive.
There are many different species of hammerhead sharks, the largest of which is the Great Hammerhead, or Sphyrna Mokarran. The great hammerhead, though endangered, is found all over the world’s oceans, has many distinct physical features, and has a very diverse diet. The great hammerhead also gives live birth and is considered potentially dangerous to humans, but is still regularly fished for many reasons.
Sharks have a long history, they can be dated back to over 400 million years ago, one of very few species that live for such a long period without distinction. Within over 400 different species, the smallest shark is only 17 cm in length which is the dwarf shark; while the largest
Bull sharks swim upstream into lakes and other fresh water bodies to have offspring this is an advantage for them because no other shark can live in fresh water and not many predatory fish live in fresh water so their young can live there until they are big enough the defend themselves against other predators. The Bull shark can survive in both salt and fresh water because they take in salt water and hold it in a gland so that when they go into fresh water they have enough salinity to stabilize them until they head back into salt
Dr. Charlie Huveneers personal first hand data proved that the great hammerhead sharks are very migratory. Using this data to Tag, Photo, and researching their movements. He believes this can be very useful to the future of this endangered species. Great Hammerhead sharks travel a vast migration 3030 km or more. FUCK!! Oh my bad. I didn’t take my meds and shit. Anyway, using this information Dr. Huveneers considers that this species is being over fished by trophy hunters due to their long migratory patterns and range of environmental range. I personal believe that not only did Dr. Huveneers did an outstanding job on the research for this article. This article in a scholarly article a lot of scientific terms and evidence came alone with it. My understanding of these gorgeous animals shows a lot of appreciation not only for the science behind it all but the respect for this animal I share this world with. Needless to say, I do hope your respect for this animals are at the same level as
Sharks are one of the most feared carnivores in the sea. There are 365 species of of sharks in the sea as we know today. All sharks are carnivores. Most of them eat live fish, including other sharks. A shark's most common natural enemy is an another shark. Most sharks eat their prey whole, or they tear off large chunks of the bodies. Some sharks crush their prey. Others take out small pieces off flesh from large fish. Sharks also feed on dead or dying animals. Sharks have the reputation of attacking human beings. But less than 100 shark attacks a year are reported throughout the world. Sharks are most common in warm seas and oceans. Whale sharks, are the largest shark known to man. Sharks are classified in the order