The new species looks similar to the pictured scalloped hammerhead shark.

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Carolina hammerhead features are indistinguishable from common scalloped hammerhead

University of South Carolina biology professor Joe Quattro led researchers


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“South Carolina is a well-known pupping ground for several species of sharks, including the hammerhead,” according to the USC release. “The female hammerhead will birth her young at the ocean-side fringes of the estuary; the pups remain there for a year or so, growing, before moving out to the ocean to complete their life cycle.”

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