A hammerhead shark has a wide head shaped like a hammer. This wide head is called the cephalofoil.
The eyes are at the two ends of the cephalofoil. These wide-set eyes give it good sight.
The great hammerhead is the biggest kind of hammerhead shark. Look at an adult. The front edge of its head is nearly straight.
A scalloped hammerhead is another kind. It has a notch in the middle of the front of its head.
Hammerhead sharks live in warm seas around the world. A great one lives close to the shore. It also lives far out at sea.
A hammerhead eats fish, squid and crustaceans such as crabs. A great one likes to eat stingrays, groupers and sea catfishes.
A mother hammerhead gives birth to live pups. A great hammerhead pup is 50 to 70 centimeters long at birth.
Young scalloped hammerheads swim together in large schools.
Words to know
- cephalofoil: wide hammer head
- scalloped: a hammerhead kind
- notch: small dip
- crustaceans: crabs and kin
