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Great Hammerhead Shark
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Common Names: Great Hammerhead

Scientific Name: Sphyrna mokarran

Size: Av. 3.5 to 4m. Max size 6m

Found in: Tropical waters worldwide.

Population Status:  Endangered (IUCN 2013)



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Tooth Shape:

Hammerheads have smooth, curved blade-like teeth for cutting.







Reproduction:

Viviparous.
Females normally give birth to between 15 and 50 pups after a 
pregnancy of 8-10 months. Pups develop inside the mother 
and are nourished through a placenta.
Pups are around 57-70 cm in length at birth.




Interesting Facts:

The Great Hammerhead is the largest of the 9 species of Hammerheads. 

Great Hammerheads eat fish. squid, rays, other sharks and crustaceans. They have been known to be cannibalistic.

They are generally solitary animals.

In 2007, they became ‘Vulnerable to Extinction’ and are threatened by overfishing.


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