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Apparently great white sharks show there fins above water when circling,does the same go for hamerhe2007-11-24 23:09:57

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White sharks do not show their fins when hunting. A white shark is a sneaky predator always coming from behind or under neath. This depends on what hammerhead you are talking about. Ill assume the great hammer head because it is the most noted. They stay very deep i the ocean never breaking water they hunt in like schools of 100. They get spooked very easily but once they are comfortable they are very exploratory. They have been know to bump and even mouth breathe divers out in the ocean. They can grow upwards of 6 feet long. The dangerous party again is they hunt in schools so you cant keep an eye on them all

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Hammerheads don't generally spend much time at the surface. Their broad head allows them to detect vibrations from the crabs and small fish that hide in the sand. They eat other bottomdwellers, so they don't really do much circling. If it was circling though, it would be circling below the surface. In the event that it attacked a floating target, it would come from below the target, not at a parallel to the surface of the water.

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As ambush predators, when attacking prey at the surface, they wouldn't come at it at the surface (where their fin would be showing), they would strike from below (so you would really not see their fins in the case of Hammerheads).

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actually, no shark shows it's fin when actively hunting. Sharks are lay in wait and surprise hunters. Sharks do show their fins when on the surface, beleive it or not, they are sunning themselves and not actively hunting. Sometimes when intentionally baited by humans at the surface, the sharks fins do extend above water while feeding at the surface.