Name: Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) Stats: Status – Endangered (EN) Length - up to 430 cm Weight - up to 152 kg
Name: Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini)
Stats:
Status – Endangered (EN)
Length - up to 430 cm
Weight - up to 152 kg
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Interesting fact:
This shark's oddly shaped head is thought to be a mechanism to spread out its highly specialised sense organs, which amongst other things help it to detect electrical currents created by its prey. A useful skill to have when you have an entire ocean to scan for food!
Where am I found?
The wide-ranging scalloped hammerhead occurs right the way around the world, in warm temperate and tropical waters. It can be found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, and also possibly the Mediterranean Sea. It swims at depths of 0 and 275 metres and regularly enters bays and estuaries.
What do I eat?
Adult scalloped hammerheads feed on a range of ocean critters including fish, squid, lobsters, crabs, shrimps, rays and even other sharks! The teeth of the scalloped hammerhead are best suited to seizing prey that can be swallowed whole, rather than ripping into larger prey.
Article continues: http://blog.arkive.org/2011/11/meet-the-survival-characters-scalloped-hammerhead/
