OceanXplorers
Hammerhead Highway - Photos
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The team float off the coast of Florida after successfully managing to pull up, measure and tag a great hammerhead shark in under five minutes, a fantastic achievement to limit stress to the animal. (National Geographic)
Episode: #4 "Hammerhead Highway"
Air Date 08/25/2024
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Aldo Kane takes a closer look at the great hammerhead's cephalofoil, a uniquely evolved, hammer-shaped head that gives the shark several evolutionary advantages. (National Geographic)
Episode: #4 "Hammerhead Highway"
Air Date 08/25/2024
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Aldo Kane, Eric Stackpole and Matt Smukall are in the OceanXplorer's Hololab to explore the anatomy of the great hammerhead shark, taking a closer look at its cephalofoil. (National Geographic)
Episode: #4 "Hammerhead Highway"
Air Date 08/25/2024
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Zoleka Filander looks out of one of the OceanXplorer's submersibles, slightly anxious as they pass through the Gulf Streamñthe fastest flowing ocean current on the planet. (National Geographic)
Episode: #4 "Hammerhead Highway"
Air Date 08/25/2024
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Zoleka Filander and Matt Smukall get ready to head down in one of the OceanXplorers submersibles to explore one of the recently discovered pinnacles surrounding the island of Bimini, in the hopes of findings signs of migrating great hammerheads. (National Geographic)
Episode: #4 "Hammerhead Highway"
Air Date 08/25/2024
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Matt Smukall, Aldo Kane, Erin Spencer and Eric Stackpole take measurements of the great hammerhead shark they have just pulled up. They will attach a video and accelerometer tag to further measure its movement metrics. (National Geographic)
Episode: #4 "Hammerhead Highway"
Air Date 08/25/2024
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Shark biologist Matt Smukall, Aldo Kane, Zoleka Filander, Shark Ecologist Erin Spencer and Eric Stackpole tag a great hammerhead shark to gain insight into its movement in the water column. (National Geographic)
Episode: #4 "Hammerhead Highway"
Air Date 08/25/2024
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