{"id":109796,"date":"2026-06-25T12:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=109796"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:26:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T07:56:46","slug":"hemiscyllium-dudgeonae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/hemiscyllium-dudgeonae\/","title":{"rendered":"Hemiscyllium dudgeonae"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Hemiscyllium dudgeonae Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, scientists have identified a new species of walking shark and named it as Hemiscyllium dudgeonae.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Hemiscyllium dudgeonae<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It belongs to a small group of <\/span><b>walking sharks.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was spotted in the waters <\/span><b>of Milne Bay,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> off the southeastern tip <\/span><b>of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/papua-new-guinea-world-geography\/\" target=\"_blank\">Papua New Guinea<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is locally known as \u201c<\/span><b>kadedekedewa,\u201d or \u201clazy shark\u201d.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It uses its <\/span><b>fins to stroll across<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the seafloor and even drag itself between shallow tide pools when the tide goes out.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>What are Walking Sharks?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walking sharks belong to the <\/span><b>genus Hemiscyllium<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is found in the tropical waters around <\/span><b>Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Features<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They typically grow to around 28 to 32 inches (70 to 80 centimeters) long.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They inhabit shallow <\/span><b>coastal habitats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, often less than 32 feet (ten meters) deep.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their limited mobility is one of their defining characteristics, and individual sharks may <\/span><b>spend their entire lives within an area<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> measuring only a few hundred square meters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>lay egg cases directly on the seafloor,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so their offspring hatch close to where their parents lived.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/lifestyle\/pets-animals\/scientists-discover-kadedekedewa-a-species-of-walking-shark-in-papua-new-guinea-10749442\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hemiscyllium dudgeonae belongs to a small group of walking sharks. 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