The scalloped hammerhead shark has a distinctive hammer-shaped head, with olive, bronze or brown coloring and white belly. It lives in warm tropical waters off Australia and Central America, ranging in size from 3 to 26 feet. Hammerheads are threatened by overfishing, as about 73 million sharks are killed annually, including 3 million hammerheads targeted for their fins. Their large heads help them detect prey and approaching threats through widely spaced eyes and nostrils.

2.  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.

3.  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.

4.  Experts say that about 73 million sharks are killed
each year. Of these, about three million
are hammerhead sharks.

5.  Hammerheads are own young.
known to eat a large
range of animals
acuatics including fish,
squid, octopus,
crustaceans. They are
also known to eat their

6.  Their abilities are that foes.
eyes and nostrils are
located on the end of its
head, and its widened
nostrils increase its
ability to catch the
scent of approaching

7.  Their Special characteristic are the head of this
ocean predators.

8.  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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