Chuck wrote:

>  ner yerself. Saw hundreds at the Flower Gardens during mating season . .
.

Not surprising that on a list like this, there are those that have seen lots
more than I have.  To the best of my recollection, it was close to 20 years
before I saw the first shark other than a nurse and only last year that I
saw my first Guitarfish.  Since then, I've made up for my lack of sightings
by a couple of somewhat undesirable encounters.  My hammerhead sighting(s)
were much more pleasant than some previous encounters.

Lee















 these beasts you're right - they look
> nothing
> > > like the pictures - it must be the way they look at you from those
funny
> > > great eyes; you also appreciate why they are called 'greater' and
known
> as
> > > 'apex predators' !!!
> >
> > The one I saw was also a Great Hammerhead, but was probably a bit under
> 3m.
> > Still and all, he was very impressive.  Much thicker from top to bottom
> and
> > with a much larger, in proportion, dorsal fin than I expected.  If I get
> to
> > count Bonnet Head sharks as Hammerheads, then I've seen lots.  They
breed
> in
> > Biscayne Bay and are fairly common in one of the areas I often anchor in
> for
> > a night ot so.  If they don't count, I'll have to live with being behind
.
> .
> > . until I see my next one.
> >
> > Lee
> >
> >
>