Meet the 'Walking Shark'

A shark that can walk on the ocean beds has been discovered by scientists. Rather than swim, these slender-bodied sharks can 'walk' along the ocean floor by wriggling their bodies and pushing with their pectoral and pelvic fins, the Mirror reported. The brown spotted fish, called Hemiscyllium halmahera, is a species of bamboo shark that can grow to 27 inches in length and lives on the seabed where it hunts marine invertebrates and small fish. Biologist ...