According to Jose Castro (The Sharks of North American Waters), great
hammerheads can get quite a bit larger: > 1000 lbs (common), 18.3 ft
(recorded), and 20 ft (reputed). Those data, I guess, were either for fish
caught by other means or for sizes not officially confirmed.
- Jan Hoover
Vicksburg, MS
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