The Evolution of the Hammerhead (sharks & more!)
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Ah, hammerheads. Easily the strangest sharks on the planet. But they’re not the only hammerheads in the animal kingdom. Today, we’ll be exploring why nature let this happen. Enjoy!
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@RustyShackleford0507
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Tully monster used the eyes as weapons, slapped the shit out of eachother
@oliverschmidt1565
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
little known fact about the Tully Monster is that it was originally poisons vacuum cleaner and he would hold it by the eye stalks, the Tully monster themselves would use the eyestalks in an intimidation ritual where they would fight each other using their eye stalks as swords and this is how they found out their mating hierarchy.
@sae721
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
wtf is that tho
@jessicahart1159
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Thanks for giving me my next research rabbithole. Love these videos.
@deepseadebris
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
If anyone had the same question as I did: yes there are people who have tully monsters aa their fursona
@sonohtora
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Tully monster was like that to maximize its sin
@handy-capoutdoors4063
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Perhaps the Tully monster evolved the long eye stalks first, like the hammer head shark. And over time the stalks and mouth shrink to become more cephilopod like š
@OliveAir26
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
2:04 all day everyday!
@brendanmurray2295
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Nonbinarybrate
@ekhaat
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Why? Because that mutation did not give them enough disadvantage to make them go under, and they were isolated enough to not be diluted in the gene pool.
@TheRealWulfderay
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Non-binary-tabrate made me howl. Thanks for making my day š Also, one interesting thing about hammerhead-style eye placement is that when the interpupillary distance is increased like that, it can make binocular vision work better at long distances. So you'd lose binocular vision up close, but you'd be able to gauge the distance of things farther away very well. I don't know whether it would necessarily be evolutionarily advantageous, but there ya go.
@Aktuvor
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
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@Definitely-not-a-slug
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
YAY I LOVE HAMMERHEADS THEYRE MY FAVORITE SHARK :)))
@benzuelke3519
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
the stalk eyed fly, has good genes
@TEAL-THEREAL
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Can we call the Cephalofoil a sledge sense that sounds badass in my opinion
@KCUFyoufordoxingme
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
I mean, their face is wing. The hammer is a force fit. Foil does make more sense.
@grizzerotwofour7858
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Sick video
@slothdos4864
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
a regular-hammerhead would be so funny
@lincolncaine8701
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
10:00 Please warn me next time. That shit is SCARY
@heckpeanuts
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Shout-out to the cute dispensary gal who was wearing a "that we know of" shirt lmao
@hooptiej
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Tully monster is an armless pre-squid.
@Astropheminist
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Heck yeah Shark Time with Lindsay
@jannovos716
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
My GOD what an image at 1:46!
@Commander-Ledi
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
im a freak šŗšŗ tully monster my beloved
@CamiloAndrĆ©sTorresBertĆn
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
The Tully monster's eyes were actually levers lo control it's pincer, therefore it is nature's earliest crane machine (that we know of)
@JellyIzzyy
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Hammerheads are so funky-looking and just so fucking cool, my #1 for years
@carloaB14
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
11:30 I will be the judge of that
@leolockhart2793
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
If you don't like your old Tully monster video, why not remake it? š¤
@C.S.M.Hageroth
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Survival of who bangs the most seems to be one version of survival of the fittest. š
@bencallister5500
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Nonbinarydebrate is the only way to ID the Tully monster now
@jamescaruso1768
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
You give me hope for my future. 3 years into my astrophysics/Biology double master
@thirdworldistmommysboy
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
no hammerhead slug?
@Thessik73
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
The Tully Monster's eyes WERE mobile, solely so it could make "woogie woogie" noises as it waved them around. This was the opposite of a mating ritual, and is likely the primary reason they went extinct.
@0443B
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
I don't often see an animal that I'm like, "Damn, what the actual fuck happened to you" but DAMN that hammerhead fly is FUCKED UP!!!! WHO DID THIS TO LIL BRO?
@nebulan
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Maybe tully would stuff its eyes into wormholes and look for snacks?
@dodgeahray1231
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
The tully monster seems to me less of a hammerhead and more of a handlehead.
@ferntan5651
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Lindsay always top notch with the information, but shout out to her editor for the absolute hilarity that was the first 2 minutes.
@syafiqjabar
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
You forgot to mention bonnetheads are also the only shark we know to be a confirmed herbivore. They eat sea grass.
@JoyKzoInferno
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
the eyes were like that because to clean each other gills
@3personal5me8
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
Wide eyes made it easier for the Tully monster to perceived depth when trying to use that long mouth
@Pumpky_the_kobold
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 pm
The Tully monster had yes are on stalks sideways because you needed a way to hold on to it when you are riding it like a motorcycle.
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