Walking Sharks

Some Sharks Can Walk! Read on... Video below...

By Shai Cohen

They outlived Dinosaurs, and have been on this planet for over 440 million years. Sharks can be quite frightening. There have been a series of shark attacks in the ocean. Some people are scared for this reason, but have you ever thought of getting attacked on land? Watch your back because there has been scientific research that backs this claim up.

The show Shark Attack Files episode Land Shark came out in 2021. The show is all about how scientists believe that sharks have evolved to walk on land, their adaptations make them the most ferocious predator. Sharks have been coming closer and closer to shore, in search of food. Could they now attack us on the beach? There have been multiple sightings of sharks hunting extremely close to the shores. Shark attacks that took place near the shore have increased by 27% on the North Carolina coast, which doesn’t seem like much but in reality, it makes a huge difference.

Sharks are evolving every day, there are over 3,000 shark species in the fossil record, some of which have died out. Some adapted into other species of sharks. For instance, the Megalodon Shark has adapted to becoming the Great White. These ferocious predators spend 48% of their time in waters less than 15 feet deep. Some of which are in less than 5 feet! Not only sharks have been moving closer to the shores, their prey too. This is a big clue why sharks are coming closer and closer to these shores.

There have been numerous experiences of sharks jumping on boats. There has been a unique situation where a shark propped itself onto a beach in hopes of getting a bite out of a giant washed-up whale carcass. Sharks are pretty smart for a fish so they wouldn’t make an unsmart decision of doing something that can potentially turn on them.

A shark's evolution is all about food. Shark scientists Carlee Jackson and shark expert Eli Martinez try to find out how far on land a nurse shark will go. They conducted this experiment by putting fish on a step that is out of the water to see if any nurse sharks take the leap of faith. The results of this were indeed positive. Nurse sharks did prop themselves up on the steps using their large pectoral fins. Bull sharks, Great Whites, Tiger sharks, and Nurse sharks have all been suspected of being able to walk on land. Carlee Jackson and Eli Martinez now decide to take their experiment to the next level, they are trying to catch a Nurse shark using its large pectoral fins to walk. Now, will their hypothesis be proven… Let's see! When the divers are just about to give up when an unexpected turn happens. Sharks can walk! The Nurse shark uses its pectoral fins as legs. Nurse sharks can indeed walk.

Sharks indeed can walk! Who would have thought everyone always had that feeling in the back of their head when they were in the ocean about what would happen if they encountered a shark, but now they need to also think about that outside of water.