This 20 June 2020 video says about itself:
Scientists have discovered 9 species of ‘walking’ sharks.
In US news and current events today, researchers have confirmed that walking sharks branched from their nearest ancestor 9 million years ago, making them the most recently evolved type of shark. These sharks, who use their fins to ‘walk’ on the ocean floor, have been found off the coasts of Australia, Indonesia & New Guinea. Scientists have discovered a total of 9 species of walking sharks over the past 2 decades.
Read more here.
Love it. Hope this species doesn’t end up being the next species wanted by exotic pet buyers.
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True. Or by the shark fin trade.
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Oh jeez, I didn’t think of that!
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This is beautifully written…
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Thanks for the link! I will have a look 🙂
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Wonderful post, I had never heard of walking sharks. Thanks for the info.
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Only recently, there were new discoveries about them:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiscyllium
So before that, they were not so well known.
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