Smooth Hammerhead Sharks: The Smooth Hammerhead Shark is another species of Hammerhead Shark found in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the second largest Hammerhead Shark in the world, measuring up to 16 ft (5 m) in length. read more
There are a couple of more interesting facts we found in the data: Of the 102 attacks in the Gulf Coast region, 66.7 percent of them occurred off of the Texas coast. Also, men have been attacked by sharks four times more than women in the Gulf of Mexico. read more
However, some of the most severe injuries have transpired in the Gulf of Mexico, despite the region's low shark attack totals. "Some of the more dangerous sharks and the more severe injuries have occurred in the Gulf of Mexico, in large part because the northeastern Gulf of Mexico is a very good area to be a bull shark in," Burgess said. read more