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Originally Posted by lady cop
OK, if the gators don't eat you, you can always be consumed by this world-record hammerhead. lends new meaning to the old beach boys song, 'don't go near the water'
On Tuesday, he reeled in a monstrous 1,280-pounder that ate a 25-pound stingray for bait at Boca Grande Pass near Fort Myers. That would beat by nearly 300 pounds the current all-tackle world record for a hammerhead shark.
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The likely world-record hammerhead shark caught in May weighed 1,280 pounds because it was
pregnant with 55 pups -- the most scientists have ever seen.Scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory, where the shark was taken for a necropsy, said Thursday that 52 were nearly full-term and just a few days from birth. The shark was estimated to be between 40 and 50 years old.
Scientists previously believed that hammerhead sharks gave birth to 20 to 40 pups at a time.