Hammerheads!

 Hello! For today's blog post I will be talking about the hammerhead shark! More specifically the Great Hammerhead shark like the one you see in the picture above. 

The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) is the largest species of hammerhead shark, belonging to the family Sphyrnidae, attaining an average length of 4.6 m (15 ft) and reaching a maximum length of 6.2 m (20 ft). It is found in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, inhabiting coastal areas and the continental shelf. The  shark is very recognizable thanks to its unique head shape, it's also much larger than other hammerhead sharks. 

The unique shape of their heads give them a 360 degree view of the vertical plane, which means they can see everything above and under them at all times. Their bellies are white, which allows them to blend into the background when viewed from below and sneak up to their prey. Speaking of prey, their favorite prey are stingrays. 

Anyway that's it for the Great Hammerhead shark. There's a lot of other things to learn about the Great Hammerhead shark and other hammerheads in general. I recommend reading articles on Wikipedia to learn more about them, or to watch documentaries on them, like Shark Week for example. So that's all from me, I hope you have a great day whoever is reading this, bye bye!