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Michelle McComb with juvenile scalloped hammerhead sharks at the Hawaiian Institute of Maine Biology at Coconut Island. © Dr. Stephen Kajiura. A study in the Journal of Experimental Biology made big news late last year by beginnin...
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Why do hammerhead sharks have, well, hammer-shaped heads? The mystery may now be solved: it’s all about binocular vision. [Michelle McComb and Timothy Tricas] then placed sensors on the shark’s skin to measure its brain activity, sp...
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A new study conducted in Florida has given scientists reason to believe that hammerhead sharks may have vision comparable to that of humans. The researchers measured electrical activity in the eyes of half a dozen sharks from three ...
The Beacon
Not exactly something to celebrate, the scalloped hammerhead shark will be added to the "globally endangered" species list this year. Some 233 shark species are currently on the red list, with nine more to be added, including the...
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