The word Torpedo was actually originally the name for Electric Rays (hence why the order is still known as Torpediniformes) and was later applied to the naval weapon as a comparison, and then gained wide spread adoption. So technically sharks and torpedos are equally old, it's just the mechanical ones that came later.
Thanks Kristian you’re really good at explaining the scientific to the non-very scientific among us. It’s sad to see this species on the decline due to humans. Be well. 🦈
I have a lot of experience dealing with Hammer heads as they tend to love to take ur catch off ur line when shore fishing! at least in Florida lol! So i loved hearing about those crazy creatures! I love them nonetheless. great video
Good news! Malibu artist is open to collaborations as long as his drone footage isn't shown for legal reasons. An interview or some other fun shark related activity would be awesome to see with you two!
what I find fascinating from an evolutionary standpoint with hammerheads is that you would assume the ones with the wider heads like wingheads to be the 'newer' species in a sense that the head got wider with time but it's actually the bonnet head that is one of the newer species to evolve if I recall correctly. So their ancestors started out with a wider cephalofoil which then got smaller as the bonnet head evolved. Ben G Thomas has a great video on the evolution of these incredible creatures.
There were 2 Hammerheads filmed at the end of last year (via drone) swimming together near Bondi beach where I live, I was so stoked to see it. They were actually on the beach side of the shark nets, so I'm really glad they were able to navigate the nets without getting caught up!
I am always here for Hammerheads!! Congrats on 20k! How much of a blind spot do Hammerheads have in front of them before the eyes can rotate in? Like, just a few inches, or several feet?
It would really be great if you and Hal from Sharks Happen could do a collab! He respects your work and loves your channel and you both really have similar opinions. It would be great if he described the attacks and then you break them down from an educated, scientific perspective. Or if willing even help him with his data he is working on for attacks, population and shark deaths directly related to humans. He is trying to make his data as accurate as possible and not hide or manipulate anything in anyone’s favor. Food for thought.
Yea Sharks Happen is my favorite RU-vid Channel, but I like this one also, but this channel is from a Marine Biologist factual standpoint mostly. Sals is factual entertainment and telln it out how it truly is on attacks giving the viewer their own interpretation of opinion and questioning Marine Biologists. So yea the fact Sal respects this Marine Biologist says a lot and I agree I enjoy how you at least don’t pull stuff on us and say oh no Shark will ever hurt you haha. When it’s obvious there is always that chance when you put yourself in a situation. At least you are a realistic Marine Biologist and respect your work. Your work on Nurse Sharks has been outstanding and basically your thesis, everything you have published online as a whole is great. Good work my UK friend. 🤙🤘🦈🤘
@@shredhead4604 I've never heard a marine biologist say that no shark would ever hurt you. I've heard that you're UNLIKELY to be bitten, but thats just factually true. Sharks aren't nearly as likely to bite you as dogs, for instance. Mostly, though, what I've heard from biologists is that theyre apex predators that need to be respected, not horror movie monsters.
You said Cephalofoil 23 times Kris. This is obviously in the edited version of the video, I'll bet you said it much more in the uncut version. Grats on 20k subs!
My dad went scuba diving in Florida around Miami or Tampa in the mid 2000s, and when he saw a hammerhead in the area he decided to high tail it out of there. It was pretty big and mightve been a great hammerhead.
Loved the show. I was shocked there are nine different species. Honestly, I only knew three maybe the hammerhead, great hammerhead and bonnet head. I knew it was used for searching out stingrays and had heard the comparison to a metal detector before. Thanks! And congratulations on the 20k!!!
A brilliant and utterly fascinating video. That great hammerhead can turn on a dime Cephalofoil is definitely going in the locker for the next time I play Scrabble.
Congratulations on the 20k! Love this channel. That's sad about that massive decline in hammerheads! I've always found them interesting because they just look so different to your standard shark shape.
Just love these creature features, buddy 😃Such a cool species, never knew there were so many different types. With that headbutt they sure are the thugs of the ocean and with that extended vision you've got no defence when they ask 'are you looking at me?' 😂
@SHARKBYTES -- I just wanted to say I LOVE your channel! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ I discovered it a few days ago and have been binge-watching all the episodes. I appreciate that you are a shark scientist and you show both sides when it concerns sharks. 99.9% of the time shark attacks are not predatory and other factors are involved. A very small percentage are actual predatory attacks but it's very rare when you consider how many millions of people are in the oceans every day. Sharks are to be respected and feared. I also appreciate that you call out Ocean Ramsey and other people who touch sharks and try to ride sharks. Sharks are not toys to be played with. They're wild animals who should be respected and kept at a distance. People that do things like that are only causing more problems for sharks in the long run. It makes me so mad when that kind of thing happens. People that do something like that, record it and post it online are doing it for their own benefit only. They're trying to get views, go viral and make money. If they truly respected sharks they wouldn't do that. Much respect to you for pointing that out! I think your Channel is really going to get huge this year. I love your videos! You're a lot of fun to watch but you're also interesting and we learn a lot from your videos. I hope you have a wonderful 2023! 🙂😀
Congrats on the 20k subscribers! Great content as usual! Hammerheads are an amazing species and it's a shame because of us they are drastically reducing in numbers.
Long time viewer, first time commenter! Love the hammerhead video -so fascinating. My question: some hammerhead species school In huge numbers - is there any evidence as to why they do this?
Thanks so much for commenting for the first time Kate, it really helps out the channel when people comment! In regard to your question, I believe it’s thought that hammerheads school in huge numbers due to their social nature. Some marine biologists have speculated it’s to protect themselves from the opposite sex (lone females might be bombarded with pesky males). It might also be to rest during the day in a safe environment, before they split off at night to hunt on their own!
@@SHARKBYTES Thanks so much for replying! I love the idea of sharks just hanging out together because they enjoy socialising, and that there may be other benefits for them too. I’ve been following the channel since the early days and it’s great to see it evolve to the point where you have 20K subscribers - congratulations, and keep doing what you do!
Congratulations on 20K! My little brother and I love to watch your videos together. He is starting to learn different types of sharks because of your videos and loves to pretend finding new sharks everyday. Thank you for all of your research and for all of your videos
The hammerhead with the smallest cephalofiol is the only one that is an omnivore. So it wouldn’t need the predatory vision as much as the other species.
Hi Kristian! 👋 Great vid! Now I learned of cephalofoil! Hammers are one of my favs. Heck, I have a lot of favs. The scene with so many of them is awesome! I love your Hammerhead shirt! CONGRATS ON 20,OOO+ You deserve so many more. Hope your colabs come true!
Hammerheads are some of the most graceful of sharks. I saw a large adult great hammerhead from the shore and it was an incredibly swift animal. You felt sorry for the rays and the flounders in the area.
Clearly I've had a lifelong affinity for hammerhead sharks, as I chose one for my company logo, a logo I originally designed when I was in primary school. However, I never knew about the aid to manoeuverability the cepholafoil provided. I always assumed that wider heads also gave them more accuracy pinponting prey hidden in the sand.
The exact video i asked for already exists ! So sick man. Im not sure if this is true but i heard another added feature of eye placement is that it also allows for a greater degree of area to be scanned with vision when swinging their heads side to side , making it easier to find prey. I heard you mention the head swinging for electric impulse detection but would this also help with visually finding prey ? Thanks so much the stoke is real watching this stuff. Sharks are so cool something so mystical about them.
Weirdly, hammerheads have regularly been found with stingray barbs lodged into their cephalafoils and around their mouths - and it doesn't seem to bother them that much - crazy!
I saw a Hammerhead from the beach in Gran Canaria last June, Perfectly framed in a wave just before it broke. I few other people also saw it and scarpered out of the water fairly quickly, I was in about waist deep. As it was only about a meter long and the only thing I did know (*thought I Knew) about Hammerheads is they were an open water species I figured it was just a lost juvenile and stayed where I was hoping for another glimpse. Well after seeing the clips in this vieo maybe I should have scarpered to lol, (yes I do know Hammeheads get a bad rep and rarely bite humans unlike the vicious Oblada that savagely nibbled me in Lanzerote last week)
I am terrified to step in the ocean but am fascinated by the creatures that inhabit our oceans... I think I'm the only Floridian who won't go in the ocean lmao
There’s another thing, you could associate the wider wing with better long distance vision vs the smaller wing having better depth perception giving them the edge in more up close and personal encounters
hey! love your videos, been watching for a while now! earlier this school year i did a project on bonnetheads and was fascinated with their ability to reproduce asexually. i figured it happened through stress when being captivated in aquariums without a male, but where do you think this came from if they always had the ability? is there anyother sharks that have this quirk? would love to hear from you, great vid^^
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PNKNGZwn6Tc.html&ab_channel=SHARKBYTES - we did a little video on this a few years back on shark bytes, check it out!
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Great video dude! I've been obsessed with sharks (again) recently and have been absolutely loving your content. I have a question though, is there a place to send, albeit mediocre, fan art to? And is there a preferred method to do so?
5:18 Whoa.. cool photo. Interesting sets of teeth. All sorts of shapes. Some looks like a great white, others more like a tiger shark. I have respect for sharks and have seen a lot in my life when fishing offshore and close to shore, diving with great whites multiple times. I must say that every time I’ve snorkeled and there’s a Hammerhead close by, I’ve never felt eerie. I haven’t seen them as potentially deadly. Until I learn more about them. Very interesting video. The shake of the head would also make it easier to plow though the sand and grab hold of their prey and keep it squashed by their wide head. Very cool. But I should probably take them more seriously now. How do you all feel about hammerheads? Are you scared of them?
While I'm interested in wide hammerheads look the way they do I'm more interested in why a shark like the frill shark looks the way it or the goblin shark
Not related to hammerheads, but the news over here in Perth, Australia has been focusing on sharks coming in close to shore and closing our beaches down. Specifically tiger sharks. I thought one of them was going to beach itself at one point. I hate how every summer there's media hype over sharks.
One of those looks like a shovel to me not a hammer but that's the part of me taking the name literally. What was the common ancestor?? Did you mention that? These are such fascinating reasons for the evolutions. Would love to hear more. Also my brother is interested in either environmental science or marine science. Would it be alright if I told him to he could ask you what he'd be going to take for marine science? I just recently learned this but always figured he'd end up in a science field. Also makes it easier for birthday presents lol.
Do you think there has been any attacks from a 6 gill shark? I know it would probably be undocumented. But I remember watching a video where 2 6 Gill sharks attack an ROV. And they grow so huge up to 20 feet long. Perhaps someone that ends up lost at sea? Or perhaps someone who takes a swim at night? Idk what's your opinion
Hello sir, thank you for another brilliant and educational vid. Do you ever look back to the comments section of past videos you have made Kristian? I've asked a question in couple of them but i imagine it's going unseen. cheers fella
@@SHARKBYTES thanks mate. I rambled somewhat when asking my question originally but what it boils down to is this: As someone who lives pretty much in the centre of the Irish Sea and cannot travel from home without either a boat or plane what shark species would I encounter if for some reason I was lost at sea there? ie, should I be worried??
@@patkelly8309 nothing to worry about! Most likely sharks you would encounter would be basking sharks and maybe blue sharks (depending on the time of year)
Shark time shark time shark time!! Love Hammerheads, they're so beautiful! Just how true evolution works, evolution of a shark results in perfection in the hunt, the sight..of a hammerhead...then there's humans..the people who think the meg exists now....we need to take notes 🤣 Oh..question...do you think the Meg is still in existence? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Oh and..serious question...When's the merch dropping? It's pay day soon 🤪
So larger Hammerheads use their cephalofoil to hit things, like you would with a hammer, and the cephalofoil is not in fact a wing? And hammer is not the right word? :P
Do you have a troll? Every time I make a Shark Happens comment or ask a question in reference to something Hal said, I get attacked. Trolls are part of RU-vid so I just deleted my comment to keep negativity off the channel. However, the last one was specifically abusive to me instead of I'm just stupid for watching that channel. I love sharks I'll watch about anything just to see the sharks. Next I'll report the troll, thanks Kristian for a wonderful channel.
@@SHARKBYTES I'm sorry I was just deleting them because attention is usually all they want. However I thought I'd put the comment out there in case they were harassing someone else too. I'll keep an eye out.
@@hedginbets7356 I can handle myself with trolls. But I think Shark Bytes has a younger audience and I'm fiercely protective of children. So after I deleted the comments I was so mad at myself that I didn't keep the name in case the troll targets kids as well.
Have you ever commented on the piece about the diver and his friend, Emma, the tiger shark? I know you probably would roll your eyes. 😂 Call me a softy...it is extremely moving. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YvzuKwqfojw.html
That's Jim Abernethy, 2 divers lost their lives separately on his shark expeditions, one from a bull shark attack, the other believed to have been eaten by tiger sharks (maybe even Emma, who knows?). Ocean Ramsey may be irresponsible, but this guy sheesh!
@@kristentt Hey, no worries 👍RIP Markus Groh and Dr John Petty. I believe they remain the only 2 people to have died on official shark diving expeditions. Of course some people still revere the guy but there's no way I'd get one of his boats, one death is unfortunate maybe but two is irresponsible in my book.
