Masses of scalloped hammerheads have returned to one of Australia’s busiest beaches. But we don’t need to panic

  • Written by: Olaf Meynecke, Research Fellow in Marine Science and Manager Whales & Climate Program, Griffith University
Masses of scalloped hammerheads have returned to one of Australia’s busiest beaches. But we don’t need to panicA juvenile hammerhead at Burleigh Beach, watched by snorkellersOlaf Meynecke, CC BY-NC-ND

For the second year in a row, over 100 hammerheads have gathered at one of Australia’s busiest beaches, Burleigh Beach in the Gold Coast.

Why aren’t we alarmed? Because these are small scalloped hammerheads, not the larger great hammerhead. Even...

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