HAMMERHEAD SHARK:

The scalloped hammerhead shark is very big, his typically formed is an hammer, their coloring is mainly olive, bronze or light brown with a white belly.

APPEARANCE

They live in warm tropical waters off of the coast of Australia and Central America. It is able to survive in a large range from 3 feet to 262 feet of salt water.

HABITAT

POPULATIONExperts say that about 73 million sharks

are killed each year. Of these, about three million are hammerhead sharks.

Hammerheads are

known to eat a

large range of

animals acuatics

including fish,

squid, octopus,

crustaceans. They

are also known to

eat their own

young.

FOOD

Their abilities are

that eyes and

nostrils are located

on the end of its

head, and its

widened nostrils

increase its ability

to catch the scent

of approaching

foes.

ABILITIES

SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICSTheir Special characteristic are the head

of this ocean predators.

REASON WHY IT IS IN DANGER.The reason why they are in danger is

because his sized make them an easy target

for fishermen. Their fins are a delicacy, this

is the reason for why hammerheads are

considered an "endangered" species.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTIONJuan Felipe Builes VascoMateo Morales RodasJuan Diego Quiceno HernándezJuan Daniel Galeano UsugaAngie Daniela Jaramillo Jaramillo

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