The Size Of These Hammerhead Sharks Will Keep You From The Water

In 2018, one of the largest hammerhead sharks ever captured was reported by a group of fishing buddies in Padre Island National Seashore in Texas. They didn’t get a single bite from the fish they were looking for, but at the end of their two-day trip, they did get a sizeable nibble from one 14-foot long, 900-pound-plus hammerhead shark, according to the El Paso Times. Fishing from their pickup truck, it took the crew 15 minutes to reel in the shark together. Once they got it on shore, they realized the shark was exhausted, so they tried to get it back into deeper waters, per the El Paso Times. But after 40 minutes, the shark died (via El Paso Times).

Wanting to do something good with the sharks meat, the group of friends donated it to the Good Samaritan Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter in nearby Corpus Christi, Texas.

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