Have you visited Paulette the epaulette shark in the IMAG Animal Lab? You might have caught her doing something very interesting! Epaulette sharks are also known as walking sharks due to their ability to walk on their fins across sandy reef bottoms or tide pools, and as you can see, they're dextrous enough to walk backwards. All the better to go sniffing through the sand for snacks! Come check out Paulette and other amazing animals like axolotls, snakes, and more in the IMAG Animal Lab! #myfortm

Over its 9 million years on this planet, epaulette sharks have evolved to do something quite extraordinary and unexpected: it can walk on land! #Sharkfest | National Geographic TV

IMAG's epaulette shark Paulette gives us a wonderful view of her gills hard at work! All animals consume oxygen: it's part of what distinguishes our kingdom from the plant kingdom. However, unlike us air-breathers, fish such as sharks must get their oxygen out of the water. They do this with their gills: many thin blood vessels run through the body under their gill slits, and as the gills pump water over these vessels, the wide surface area for gas exchange allows them to take up dissolved oxyge

Promotion! Achieved epaulette & wings that known as a pilot's badge, symbolize the hard work and dedication that goes into becoming a pilot!The journey is being wild! On the next chapter!!🛫Alhamdulillah! | Marjan Ahmed