{"id":21,"date":"2026-10-01T21:01:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dropdivefuvahmulah.com\/index.php\/marine-life\/hammerhead-sharks\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T09:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T07:46:17","slug":"hammerhead-sharks","status":"publish","type":"dd_species","link":"https:\/\/dropdivefuvahmulah.com\/index.php\/marine-life\/hammerhead-sharks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hammerheads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hammerhead sharks are named after their wide, flat head, which spreads their senses over a larger area and helps them find prey and turn quickly. Two species can be seen around Fuvahmulah: the scalloped hammerhead, which can gather in schools in the blue, and the great hammerhead, a large and usually solitary hunter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hammerheads are seasonal visitors here and are usually seen in deeper water along the outer reef. They are not guaranteed on any single dive, which makes every sighting special.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both species are listed as Critically Endangered. Watching them in the wild, without disturbing them, is one of the best ways to show why they deserve protection.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hammerhead sharks are named after their wide, flat head, which spreads their senses over a larger area and helps them find prey and turn quickly. Two species can be seen around Fuvahmulah: the scalloped hammerhead, which can gather in schools in the blue, and the great hammerhead, a large and usually solitary hunter. Hammerheads are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2646,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_dd_scientific":"Sphyrna lewini","_dd_short":"Great hammerhead and scalloped (seasonal)","_dd_season":"Seasonal (approx. December \u2013 April)","_dd_months":"2,2,3,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,2","_dd_sites":[18],"_dd_facts":"The wide head improves their electro-sensing and manoeuvrability.\nScalloped hammerheads can form schools in the blue.","_dd_gallery":[],"_dd_placeholder":"Hammerhead shark in blue water","_dd_seo_keyword":"","_dd_seo_title":"","_dd_seo_description":"","_dd_seo_image":0,"_dd_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"dd_species_group":[12],"class_list":["post-21","dd_species","type-dd_species","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dropdivefuvahmulah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dd_species\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dropdivefuvahmulah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dd_species"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dropdivefuvahmulah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dd_species"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dropdivefuvahmulah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dd_species\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3115,"href":"https:\/\/dropdivefuvahmulah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dd_species\/21\/revisions\/3115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dropdivefuvahmulah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dropdivefuvahmulah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"dd_species_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dropdivefuvahmulah.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dd_species_group?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}