Slide 2 Bonnethead Shark By Nash and Lorenz Slide 3 The
Bonnetheads teeth, in the front of its mouth, are small, sharp
teeth. there are bigger teeth, in the back of its mouth, for
crushing prey. The size of the Bonnethead Shark is average about
3.3 feet long. The Bonnetheads head is smooth, rounded and shaped
like A shovel. . Slide 4 It eats both hard shelled prey, like
crustaceans and mollusks, and soft prey like small fish. It lives
in western Atlantic and eastern Pacific oceans, in the surf zones,
around reefs, on sandy bottoms and eastuaries. They give birth in
shallow bays to 8 to 16 pups. Each pup is about 14 inches long. It
is a harmless, timid shark. The average Bonnethead Shark is also
known as the Shovelhead Shark Slide 5 We like the Bonnethead Shark
because its harmless to humans.
