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The Epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum) is also known as the Walking shark. They owe this name to the fact that they use their fins to walk over coral reefs. Though capable of freely swimming they seem to show a preference for walking across the bottom using paired fins as limbs. Epaulette sharks belong to the species of long-tailed carpet sharks and can be found off the coast of Australia and Papua, Indonesia. Epaulette sharks are largely nocturnal and are most active a

The cookiecutter shark (Isistius brasiliensis), also commonly known as the cigar shark, is a small dogfish shark that prefers warm oceanic waters, usually near islands. This shark prefers deep waters and has been recorded in waters as deep as 3.7 km. It is a diurnal shark, meaning that it makes a nightly migration to the surface and then descends back down during the day. The cookie cutter shark owes its name to the cookie shaped wounds it leaves in its prey. Funny fact that

The little-known, deepwater-dwelling frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is one of the most primitive living species of shark. The species name is anguineus, which derives from the Latin for snakelike, which only partly conveys its bizarre appearance. Frilled sharks are also called living fossils because they’ve hardly changed over millions of years. One of the main reasons for their unchanging appearance is that they’ve completely adapted to deep-water habitat and at