Are there hammerhead sharks in the Caribbean Sea?
Yes. Even though there are hammerhead sharks in the Caribbean Sea we have never seent them underwater. The only time we have seen a Caribean Sea hammerhead shark was on a beach. A fisherman pulled his net onto the beach and there was a dead hammerhead shark tangled in it. Have you been close to a hammerhead shark before? No, but we hope to go to a small island, off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, to study schooling hammerhead sharks close-up. Have you ever seen a great white shark? Ten years ago we went to Australia to study great white sharks. What is the biggest shark you have ever seen? The biggest shark we have ever seen was the 15′ great white shark we studied underwater in Australia. Have you even seen a whale shark? No, but we hope to see one soon. Maybe we see one this year! How long do sharks live? Most sharks live to be about 24 years old. How big can sharks get? The biggest shark is the whale shark which is the biggest fish on our planet. The largest whale shark ever found