KAHALUU, Hawaii -- Thirty-six baby hammerhead sharks were found washed up on shore Wednesday at a Windward Oahu beach.

Shark experts will try to figure out what killed the sharks.

Terrance Ghosten, 18, made the grisly discovery after his dog brought him a couple of the baby sharks at around noon. Ghosten found the rest of the sharks later in the night.

At this time of year, hammerhead sharks go into bays like Kaneohe Bay to give birth. It's not unusual to see dead hammerhead pups. However, officials said it is unusual to see so many in one spot.

Kaneohe Bay is known to have thousands of hammerhead pups during summer months. They feed on small prey on the muddy bottom and in the mangroves.

Scientists go to Kaneohe Bay to study hammerheads because they know they can pull them out of the bay with relative ease.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency fisheries took a few of the dead sharks and put them on ice in case they later want to do tissue samples to determine the exact cause of death.

One possible explanation for the group of sharks could be that a gill-net fisherman discarded them.

"We don't know for sure if this is what happened but from our experience in the past when we get large numbers of hammerhead pups dying this is generally the cause," said John Naughton, of NOAA fisheries.

NOAA fisheries officials asked that anyone who spots more, dead hammerhead pups in large numbers to notify them.