Talk:Hammerhead shark

message: I always thought it was kinda odd that collectively they are "hammerhead sharks", yet none of them have the word "shark" in their name. --70.18.1.227 15:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Group name

message: I can't see the shark in the picture. Get a new one please. Righteous Monkey 06:15, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Old Comments on Image 

message: In the second paragraph of the "Physical Description" section this article states that the Ampullae of Lorenzini are involved in echolocation. Surely this is wrong? They are electric sense organs, and a quick Google check doesn't associate them with echolocation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.230.93 (talk • contribs) 
:Yes that looks like a mistake, I removed it, thanks for spotting it!! --Stefan talk 11:38, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ampullae of Lorenzini 

message: Both the family Sphyrnidae and one of the genera, Sphyrna, redirect here, but the other genus, Eusphyra, does not redirect here. This is a slight inconsistency; one genus in a family should not redirect to the family article while the other does not - and genus articles should not direct UP to the family, instead family article should direct DOWN to the genus article. I would propose making this article one of three things: 1) this would be an article about the family with separate articles for both genera (however, since Eusphyra has only one species, it will redirect DOWN to the species); or, 2) this would be an article about the genus Sphyrna and a new article is created for the family; or, 3) this article would be about the informal group of sharks known as hammerheads and new articles are created about the family and genus. Thoughts? Rgrds. --Tombstone (talk) 06:57, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Personally, I'd like to see each taxon get its own article. Abyssal (talk) 15:28, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, the current trend seems to be that if there is only one extant species in a genus, then the genus redirects to the species; I don't have any references in front of me so I don't know if Eusphyra  has any extinct species or not -- if so then it would justify having its own article. I would lean towards making this the family article for Sphyrnidae, but I wanted to see if there was any interest in making this an article on the informal grouping called "hammerhead sharks" (similar to how Rabbit is not about any taxonomic group, just the informal group) -- but IMO there isn't enough to really separate out since all but maybe 3-4 aren't commonly called hammerheads. Therefore, I would propose a slight tweaking of this article to lean towards the whole family, and either delete the redirect at Sphyrna in order to redlink it or just create a genus stub there. Rgrds. --Tombstone (talk) 16:37, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistency 

message: I came to the article to find out what hammerhead sharks eat, but the article doesn't say, apart from vague references to 'prey'.  Surely what any species eats is a fundamental aspect of its biology, which ought to be covered in a Wiki article.  It could also be relevant to the problem of their head shape.86.178.84.217 (talk) 17:59, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Added the section for you. --The High Fin Sperm Whale 18:15, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  What do they eat? 

message: There's far too much waffling in the article about the role of the cephalofoil. The lede makes it sound like little is known, but several functions are suspected. The next section contradicts this, then misquotes the BBC reference to say a recent study has decided the fact. It would be nice to have a single, definitive statement about what is known and what is guessed. Thanks! 98.210.208.107 (talk) 09:45, 2 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Waffling

message: Does anyone know the source of information for this: "The hammerhead shark, also known as mano kihikihi, is not considered a man-eater or niuhi; it is considered to be one of the most respected sharks of the ocean, an aumakua... The hammerhead shark is thought to be the birth animal of some children. "
The reference for this section, 28, "Shark highly respected in Hawaiian culture;" does not make any reference to hammerheads.
In Hawaii; the aumakua concept has been primarily applied to tiger sharks. markdd8. Markdd8 (talk) 18:41, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title: Religious Importance

message: I am a Native Hawaiian from the island if Maui and as a child, my grandfather always told me that there are times where Hammerhead Sharks will pass through the waters and when that time comes, it's the most beautiful thing I will ever see. I was able to witness this once at a very young age, but then I moved to California and I was wondering if there is a consistent cycle for these sharks to come through to the Hawaiian waters or not. I understand that they are more likely to be in warmer waters, since Hawaiian waters are always warm, shouldn't these sharks be in the Hawaiian waters all the time? Tommytrojan14 (talk) 20:52, 15 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  How rare are hammerhead sharks in the waters of Hawai'i? 

message: I believe the hammerhead's eyes work independently, so they wouldn't have "binocular vision" as I understand it.
Thoralor (talk) 11:18, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eye location 

message: The article on these species say that they were synonymized some years ago, why do they have separate entries in the table listing the various species?
71.83.153.74 (talk) 00:38, 17 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Couardi and lewini 

message: The sentence reads "The unknown species range from ..."
Can someone provide a clarification on what "unknown species" refers to? Bawb131 (talk) 03:29, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wording of first sentence under Description 

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message: Came here to learn more about these sharks after reading this. Could be the cited research might be worth incorporating or EL'ing here. --EEMIV (talk) 15:02, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  New source/info? 

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