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Title: Hammerhead Pass. Bahamas
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A portrait of a female great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) swimming over the seabed. The hammer-shaped head improves manouverability for catching prey, provides enhanced senses (such as a wide spread of ampullae of Lorenzini and steroscopic vision). South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary. Gulf Stream, West Atlantic Ocean.
Hook in face of shark removed in Photoshop.
Hook in face of shark removed in Photoshop.
- Bahamas
- Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary
- Bimini
- Cartilaginous Fishes: Chondrichthyes
- Epic Diving
- Fishes
- great hammerhead shark: Sphyrna mokarran
- Ground Sharks: Carcharhiniformes
- Gulf Stream
- Hammerhead Sharks: Sphyrnidae
- Marine Life
- Sharks
- Tropical West Atlantic Ocean