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Baby hammerhead sharks look just like their parents.

GENTLE CREATURES Of the ten known types of hammerheads, only three have ever been known to attack humans. These are the great, the scalloped, and the smooth hammerheads. Even these sharks have never been

known to attack someone unprovoked, and there have been no known deaths associated with these attacks. Much like a dog, a hammerhead will only bite when it is feeling threatened, and only enough to get away. Divers have spent hours swimming peacefully with several species of hammerhead sharks. Most members of the hammerhead species wiggle and twist as a warning that they are feeling threatened. If this warning dance is heeded, and a swimmer backs off, the hammerhead continues on its way without attacking. SIDEBAR

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