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Hammerhead sharks
Family Sphyrnidae
Specimen No. 05
Family Sphyrnidae
Open-water hunters
- Hammerheads are named for their flattened, T-shaped heads, called cephalofoils, with an eye at each end. Wikipedia
- The eye position gives hammerheads 360° vision in the vertical plane: they can see above and below at all times. Wikipedia
- Electroreception helps sharks, particularly hammerheads, find prey. Wikipedia
- Unlike most sharks, some hammerheads gather in large schools by day and hunt alone at night. Wikipedia
- The great hammerhead, the largest hammerhead, reaches up to 6.2 m (20 ft). It specialises in eating rays, especially stingrays. Wikipedia