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Ken Bondy
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Hammerheads
[Edited on 4-11-2007 by Ken Bondy]
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Bajalero
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Pretty up close and personal there Ken. I especially like the second frame. Where were these taken?
Never payed much attention to the scalloping on the leading edge of their eye exstensions before . I wonder if there is a hydrodynamic advantage
there somewhere.
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Ken that brings to mind a run in with one of these guys,right in front of Alfies when there wasn,t anything there but a couple of shacks,anyway we
were my small tin boat looking for corvina when we look up and here is a 8 or 9ft. hammerhead completly out of the water ROLLING around in the sand,we
got very close trying to find out why,he paid no mind to us.
After a bit he just rolled back into the water and disappeared,only thing we could figure was he was knocking off parasites.
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Cool pictures, you amaze me with the wildlife you photograph. Thanks for sharing.
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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajalero
Pretty up close and personal there Ken. I especially like the second frame. Where were these taken?
Never payed much attention to the scalloping on the leading edge of their eye exstensions before . I wonder if there is a hydrodynamic advantage
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The first one was from Wolf Island in the Galapagos; all the rest were from Cocos Island in Costa Rica. I have always thought the "hammer" served two
purposes, first it improves their peripheral vision and depth perception, second it provides some aerodynamic benefit, increases lift resulting in
less swimming effort, like an airfoil or a "cunard" in some airplanes with forward control surfaces.
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not to close
Ken come sept. these will look like pups to you
And I would not recommend close ups unless behind the cage
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looking forward to your trip!
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Ken Bondy
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baitcast - me too!! Can't wait to see those whites 
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Great photos, Ken...as usual. Looking at these is ALMOST as good as being there.
I was wondering if the vast schools of hammerheads still put on a good show over their southern Cortez undersea mounts off of La Paz areas? Also, are
those scalloped hammerheads of the Galapagos Islands a different species than our Cortez 15-footers? I have never noticed that scalloped feature
here.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Ken Bondy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Great photos, Ken...as usual. Looking at these is ALMOST as good as being there.
I was wondering if the vast schools of hammerheads still put on a good show over their southern Cortez undersea mounts off of La Paz areas? Also, are
those scalloped hammerheads of the Galapagos Islands a different species than our Cortez 15-footers? I have never noticed that scalloped feature
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Thanks Pompano. They are the same species, scalloped hammerhead, Sphyrna lewini. They are the only hammerhead species that is often found
in large schools. Based on my personal experience over about 25 years at the southern SOC sites like El Bajo and Las Animas there has been a dramatic
decrease in the numbers of hammerheads seen.
[Edited on 4-11-2007 by Ken Bondy]
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great shots as always THX
The baja norte SOC was I found to be chucked full of sharks in the early 60,s,they were inshore,off shore everywhere,I lost track off the times I
would look up and see a big sucker come flying out of the water with my yt jig in his mouth,the shark fishing camps south of BOLA I have read took out
a 100,000 a year in the 70,s and 80,s,till the collapse.
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Sorry Ken I just happened to think of this and it just popped out,great shots as always,will shut up now.
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Mr. Bajagypsy says "I'll be your best buddy, I'll buy you candy, if you will take me along on your adventures" (if you don't like candy, he says he
will buy you beer!)
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Beer works. Next big trip is to see the great white sharks at Guadalupe Island in September. Tell him to get certified (if he's not) and my favorite
is Pacifico .
++Ken++
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Actually Mr. Gypsy is working on getting his Dive Masters as we speak!!!
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It is certainly startling to see these guys in the water.
I used to snorkel with them in Rangiroa. They always stayed down below us but to look down and see them scared the "you know what" out of some of the
tourists.
After a closer look, I dont think that the ones I saw were exactly like these. I dont remember the scalloping on the heads.
[Edited on 4-12-2007 by bajajudy]
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Awesome pics Ken. Please keep them coming. Makes me feel like I'm at the ocean and not in the snow of Iowa.
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Great pics!
Sharks have sensory organs on their heads. The shape of a hammerhead's head allows for a greater spread of these organs that detect electrical energy
from potential prey. Also, the spread out nostrils increase the shark's sense of smell, perhaps much like the large noses of a bloodhound. And their
is also an aerodynamic shape, like a wing.
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Beautiful, I specialy like the first one.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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Hammerheads can be very fast when they want to.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Don Alley
Sharks have sensory organs on their heads. Also, the spread out nostrils increase the shark's sense of smell, perhaps much like the large noses of a
bloodhound. And their is also an aerodynamic shape, like a wing. [/quote
It's all true and I take it very personal.jeje
Awesome Ken, you're a lucky man.
I remember clearly the day last year when I stumbled upon a pile of HH heads at least 6ft in diameter. Must of been hundreds in this secluded area of
the Bay of Conception.
Long-liners have reduced all shark populations in the sea. Too bad they can't enforce laws put in place years ago to save the bay. I have heard
numerous stories regarding poachers and long-liners. I also found half dozen or so turtle shells not more than a 1/4 mile from the Mulege lighthouse.
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Florida has two species, the hammerhead and Great Hammerhead and it is just that!
they'll dine on hundred pound tarpon. My brother had an eighty punder on a fly rod, seen a great coming in, and cut the tarpon free...did the tarpon
no good. That hammer played with it like a cat with a mouse....a scary sight indeed.
that 80 lb tarpon looked like a bunker it that sharks face...yeehah. I've been within 30 ft of them, they are LARGE, quiet and fast!
thanks for the photos Ken, always enjoyable. cap'n g
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