Hammerhead and Smalltooth sandtiger sharks

During our liveaboard trip with bigfishexpeditions to Malpelo Island (colombia) on the Inula, we encountered literally thousands of Hammerhead sharks and about 12 smalltooth sandtiger sharks.
The smalltooth sandtiger is a deepwater species of sharks which isvery rarely seen by divers (3 spots in the world where you can encounter them). They grow very large in size (up to 410 cm) and are sometimes confused with the 'commonly' encountered sandtiger shark (aka ragged tooth shark or grey nurse shark).
If you like more info about these sharks please visit the wonderfull Elasmodiver site.
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[@theurbanshark1052]

Those smalltooth sand tigers are massive.

[@sexyshark671]

Yes. They are biggers than the most known sandtiger shark

[@jeremykwanhongkok4221]

Among the sand tigers, they are the largest and far more muscular than their common cousins.

[@sexyshark671]

Hurryless...

[@Kivtur7]

Great video! The parts with the smalltooth were just amazing! I did not realize they were so big. Were they at 130-140ft? I so want to meet and photograph this species, but I've heard they've disappeared from Malpelo and fewer boats go there now alas.

[@JochemBermon]

Thank you.
Add 100ft more to the depth ;-) There is another place where you are able to see them. El hierro (Canary Island), they sometimes appear there in summer time. But they appear very swallow over there.

[@Kivtur7]

@@JochemBermon That's insane!! Not a lot of time with the sharks at those depths ha ha, what an experience though. I checked out the Canary Island site, that's pretty cool too. I think those sharks there don't seem as big as the ones in your video. Glad, you shared it!