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SCAVENGER HUNT ANSWER KEY 1. What are the 5 specific creatures that a Hammer Head shark eats? Do they hunt alone? A: Stingrays, crabs, lobsters, boney fishes and squid. Yes they hunt alone 2. What is the typical weight and length of a hammerhead shark? A: 13 ft. 500 lbs 3. Where are Hammerhead sharks found? What type of water do they live in? A: Hammerhead sharks are found in moderate and tropical waters. They are found in deep and shallow waters. 4. Why is the great hammerhead shark often confused with the smooth hammerhead shark? A: Great hammerhead sharks are often confused with smooth hammerhead sharks because of their similar size. 5. How do hammerhead sharks reproduce? A: Hammerhead shark eggs are fertilized inside the female's body. 6. When do hammerhead sharks migrate and to what kind of waters do they migrate to? A: They migrate in the summer to cooler waters. 7. What is the classification of the hammerhead shark? A: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, SubPhylum: Vertebrata, Class: Chondrichthyes, SubClass: Elasmobranchii, Order: Carcharhiniformes, Family: Sphyrnidae 8. How many species of hammerhead sharks are dangerous to humans? A: There are 3 species of hammerhead sharks that are dangerous to humans. 9. What species of hammerhead sharks are on the World Conservation Union's 2008 Red List as endangered? A:The great and the scalloped hammerhead are on the endangered list. 10. How many species of Hammerhead sharks  are there and what is the largest one? A: There are 9 species and the largest is the Great Hammerhead 11. What genus and species do the hammerhead sharks belong to? A: The genus is Sphyrna and the species is Mokarran. 12.What type of hammerhead sharks are "solitary?" A: The Great Hammerhead is "solitary." 13. What are some of the colors of the hammerhead shark? The color of this type of shark is similar to most sharks. It is deep olive to brownish gray. This color lightens into white. This shark has occsionally been known to have black tipped pectorals. 14. Most hammerhead species are somewhat small. True. Most hammerhead species are small. 15. What is the name of the most common species of hammerhead sharks? Scalloped hammerhead sharks are the most common species.
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 * Hammerhead Shark Species and Classification**
 * Variations in Hammerhead Sharks**