Natural World
Season 23 Episode 5 - Hammerhead
Profile of the hammerhead shark, which has until now been shrouded in mystery as no-one could understand why its head is such a strange shape, or how it might help the creature's survival. Marine biologists in Hawaii explain how the fish utilises the unusual shape to give it a unique, deadly weapon in the oceans. Narrated by Ian Holm
Episodes in Season 23
Cheetahs: Fast Track to Freedom
Norfolk Broads: The Fall and Rise of a Great Swamp
Typhoon Island
Mississippi: Tales of the Last River Rat
Hammerhead
The Wild Wood
Andes: The Dragon's Back
49 min