Scientists overturn a theory about this shark’s strange head

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A new study of bonnethead sharks (Sphyrna tiburo) in Florida is challenging a previous explanation for how males and females develop their distinctively different head shapes.

Researchers from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and collaborating institutions found that the sharks' shovel shaped heads become more rounded as both males and females grow older, with the change especially pronounced in femal...

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