Great White Shark vs.

Hammerhead Shark

Great White Shark

• Great White Sharks are the largest predatory fish in the sea.• The Great White Shark lives for about 25 years.• In one year, a single Great White Shark consumes about 11

tons of food. • Great White Sharks rarely attack people and when they do,

it is because they mistake the person for their usual seal prey.

• Some scientists believe there are less than 10,000 Great White Sharks in the entire world.

Hammerhead Shark

• Found in temperate and tropical waters, far off shore and near shorelines.

• Hammerhead sharks use their oddly shaped heads to improve their ability to find prey.

• There are nine identified species of hammerhead sharks.

• Hammerhead sharks live to be the ages of 20 to 30 years old.

• Hammerhead sharks grow to be 13 to 20 feet.

Comparing the Two

• Neither the Great White Shark nor the Hammerhead shark attack people. If they do, it’s because they mistake them for their prey.

• Both the Hammerhead Shark and the Great White Shark are born with 12-20 siblings.

• Both the Hammerhead Shark and the Great White Shark are at high risk of extinction.

Contrasting the Two

• The Hammerhead shark has a long slender head, with wide set eyes. While the Great White Shark, has a more round and narrow head.

• The Great White Shark feeds on seals, whereas the Hammerhead shark prefers stingrays, groupers, and catfish.

• The Great White Shark is larger in size, in comparison to the Hammerhead.

Fish are Friends Not Food

Sources

• http://sharkfacts.org/great-white-shark-facts/• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/anim

als/creaturefeature/great-white-shark/• http://www.the-shark-side-of-life.com/hamm

erhead-shark.html• http://www.sharks.org/species/145-great-ha

mmerhead-shark.html• http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/anima

ls/fish/hammerhead-shark/