Hammerhead Shark
· Hammerhead Shark Habitat
· Hammerhead Shark Food
· Hammerhead Shark Behaviour
· Conservation Status
· Hammerhead Shark Pictures
· Hammerhead Shark Facts

Hammerhead Shark Food

The hammerhead is an awesome predator and it is all thanks to the odd shape of its head. As most other sharks the hammerhead shark can both smell blood from several miles away and sense electrical charges in the water. All of these sensitive organs are centred at the front of the shark and since the hammerhead shark has a much larger front it is also much more sensitive to these two kinds of telltales that there is prey nearby. The hammerhead shark has probably developed this way in order to scavenge the bottom of the ocean floor for its favourite meal, the stingray.

Hammerhead Shark food – Stingrays

The stingray is not only a car or the death of famous TV-biologist Steve Irwin but also the hammerhead sharks favourite meal. With its fantastic sense the hammerhead can spot a stingray even when it has hidden in the ocean floor and will generally make a surprise attack where the hammerhead shark nails the stingray to the ocean floor using its head and at the same time take a huge chunk out of the stingrays wings. Because the hammerhead sharks eyes are so far out on the sides of its head the risk of getting them damaged by the stingrays whipping tail.

Hammerhead Shark food – Crustaceans

Although the stingray is the favourite the hammerhead shark food needs to be made up of something more and that are where crustaceans come in. Crustaceans are small shelled animals such as krill and shrimps which can be found on and nearby the continental shelf. The hammerhead shark can eat itself full without ever even encountering a stingray, but where is the fun in that.