Product Description
Sharks galore! See our vast selection of realistic SHARK miniatures. All species and sizes. Use as party favors, decorate cupcakes, make reports. Let them circle your room. They are so much fun! Our 3-inch Rubber Hammerhead shark shows good detail with the gills and mouth actually molded in.
Hammerhead Shark Rubber Toy 4.5 Inches
A hammerhead shark is the most unique looking shark with it's thick, wide, rectangular-shaped head and eyes placed up to 3 feet apart. The head shape and size provides them with superior vision, makes their senses more acute than other sharks and improves maneuverability. Hammerheads average up to 11 feet long and over 500 pounds.
The hammerhead sharks are a group of sharks in the family Sphyrnidae, so named for the unusual and distinctive structure of their heads, which are flattened and laterally extended into a "hammer" shape called a cephalofoil. Most hammerhead species are placed in the genus Sphyrna, while the winghead shark is placed in its own genus, Eusphyra. Many, but not necessarily mutually exclusive, functions have been proposed for the cephalofoil, including sensory reception, manoeuvering, and prey manipulation. Hammerheads are found worldwide in warmer waters along coastlines and continental shelves. Unlike most sharks, hammerheads usually swim in schools during the day, becoming solitary hunters at night. Some of these schools can be found near Malpelo Island in Colombia, Cocos Island off Costa Rica, and near Molokai in Hawaii. Large schools are also seen in the waters off southern and eastern Africa.
