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Walking epaulette sharks on Great Barrier Reef's Lady Elliot Island 'genetically unique', study finds

A "genetically unique" population of sharks that can walk on seabeds and land has been discovered at Lady Elliot Island, near the central Queensland coast.

The bottom-dwelling epaulette shark (Hemiscyllium ocellatum), which commonly lives in shallow reefs, has evolved to use its fins as feet and can stay out of the water for up to two hours.

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