A walking shark has been spotted in a remote area near an Indonesian island. The amazing newly-discovered "walking shark" was even caught on camera (see video below).

According to Fox News, the 27-inch harmless "walking shark" was spotted by marine explorers recently during a marine expedition to the uncharted waters in Indonesia.

Shark Researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Science Fahmi described the shark after watching the video, saying that this type of species do not really rely on "walking" to move about in the water, and that they only appear as though they are doing so since their bodies touch the seafloor whenever they swim around using their pectoral and dorsal fins. He then, added that the walk-like gait of the "walking shark" isn't really its peculiar characteristic.

Marine Biologist and Adviser for Conservation International and the Co-Author to the book that described this species Mark Erdmann said that these seemingly "walking sharks" grow up to 27 inches long or 70 centimeters, yet they are completely harmless to man.

The "walking shark" was named Hemiscyllium halmahera after the Halmahera island found in eastern Indonesia, the place where it was found.

Yahoo! stated that these epaulatte (the taxonomic genus for shark) or "walking sharks" are just one of the six out of nine species inhabiting the waters of Indonesia. Fahmi told LiveScience that these sharks lay their eggs under coral edges. Their young then live sedentary lives until they fully mature into adults.

Additionally these "walking sharks" are found only in isolated reefs in Indonesian and Western Pacific waters since they do not cross areas of really deep waters.

Indonesia has announced recently after the discovery of the new species its initiatives on protecting these rare "walking sharks." These initiatives aim to provide protection to the sharks since according to earlier reports two tourist destinations, West Manggarai and Raja Ampat, have outlawed the catching of rays and sharks in their surrounding and neighboring waters.

The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries is drafting legislation for the protection of the endangered species of sharks and rays as of late, as confirmed by Director of the Ministry's Marine Conservation Directorate Agus Dermawan's statement.

The study on these "walking sharks" had been published early July in the Journal of Ichthyology.

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