The distinctive ‘hammerhead’ part of the shark is called a cephalofoil and serves many purposes including giving them superior depth perception and binocular vision, aiding hammerheads in navigation and finding food. Hammerheads will use their head to ram and pin down prey, tiring them out and making them easier to eat.
Hammerheads have incredible vision and depth perception. The position of one eye at each end of their head allows them to see everything around them all the time. This adaption does also come with a blind spot, right in front of their nose, and divers have observed small fish hiding right in front of a hammerhead's nose!
Hammerheads love to hang out in shallow waters and as a result, some species have actually developed the ability to tan! Their skin turns from light grey to dark grey and the best thing about it is they are at no risk of skin cancer. Further study of how they can tan without getting cancer may be critical in uncovering how to prevent and treat melanoma in humans.
Baby hammerheads are called pups and a female will be pregnant for eight to ten months before having up to 50 pups at once. One of the most bizarre hammerhead shark facts is that the females can create offspring by fertilising her own eggs without a male. This is called parthenogenesis.
Hammerheads love to travel in groups. At night they will often split up into smaller groups or go solo.
Join us on a crossing trip between October and November and meet large groups of hammerheds migrating in the Banda Sea.

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