New Hammerhead Shark Species Confuses Conservationists There’s good and bad shark news. The good news is that a new, as of yet unnamed, species has been discovered. The bad news is that it looks just like the scalloped hammerhead shark, curtailing efforts to save that endangered species. The new look-alike hammerhead is identical to its near twin save for a few important differences: distinctive DNA 20 fewer vertebrae (about 170 versus 190) a genetic profile suggesting it separated from the scalloped hammerhead 4.5 million years ago That’s an incredibly long period of time, considering how similar the two different sharks look externally. keep reading

New Hammerhead Shark Species Confuses Conservationists

There’s good and bad shark news. The good news is that a new, as of yet unnamed, species has been discovered. The bad news is that it looks just like the scalloped hammerhead shark, curtailing efforts to save that endangered species.

The new look-alike hammerhead is identical to its near twin save for a few important differences:

  • distinctive DNA
  • 20 fewer vertebrae (about 170 versus 190)
  • a genetic profile suggesting it separated from the scalloped hammerhead 4.5 million years ago

That’s an incredibly long period of time, considering how similar the two different sharks look externally.

keep reading

Source: news.discovery.com

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