| Of all the sharks, hammerheads have the strangest shaped heads. Included in the nine species of hammerhead are the bonnetheads, which only have small head projections. The winged hammerhead has by far the widest head, which can be half as long as it body. Most hammerhead species live in warm temperate and tropical coastal wasters. The scalloped hammerhead is one of the most common species and occurs in warm water though out the world. Large schools of scalloped hammerheads congregate in some areas where there are features on the sea floor like undersea peaks, or sea mounts. A hundred of these sharks may form a school with them all swimming in unison. At dusk they swim off on their own to feed and then at dawn they regroup in the same place. |
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