Natural History Wanderings

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The hammerhead shark doesn’t always get the respect it deserves. Thanks to their cartoonishly distanced eyes, they typically have a blind spot in front of their snout where schools of fish can safely congregate. Fin placement often leads to a peculiar tilt to their bodies while swimming. They are, in short, nature’s goofballs.

While they may be funny-looking, hammerheads practice a high-stakes game of hunting other shark species—an urge that hasn’t been well understood by science until now.

Read more  Hammer Time: Scientists Have Figured Out Why Hammerheads Love Eating Other Sharks