The Insane Biology of: Hammerhead Sharks

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References:
[1] https://www.sharksider.com/timeline-shark-evolution/
[2] https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/sharks-rays/sharks
[3] https://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/212/24/4010.full.pdf
[4]https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71472-2
[5] https://faculty.washington.edu/fishguy/Resources/Research_PDFs/2003-hammerhead-shark-turning-head-shape.pdf
[6] https://www.publish.csiro.au/mf/MF9890129
[7] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780124104600000036
[8] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1011028312787
[9] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235427479_Electroreception_in_neonatal_bonnethead_sharks_Sphyrna_tiburo