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[Forrest] Sharks,

one of Earth's
oldest predators.

They've been adapting
and improving

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for over 450 million years,

but sometimes
even the smallest step

can represent
a giant evolutionary leap.

Land sharks, you heard me.

Sharks that leave the water.

And if sharks
start coming onto land,

what does that mean
for science?

I'm Forrest Galante.

I've spent my life
tracking rare species

and reintroducing animals
that were believed extinct.

Oh, my God!

Not the typical mission
of a biologist,

but my team and
I travel the globe

discovering
and protecting wildlife.

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[Forrest] I've come
to Papua New Guinea

to track down
three critically understudied

species of walking sharks.

Croc, croc.

Trekking
into treacherous waters

with a deadly history

in an attempt
to capture definitive proof

of sharks actually
leaving the water.

There he goes.

To walk on land.

Welcome to the Island
of the Walking Sharks.

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[Forrest] Sharks
don't just predate humanity,

sharks existed before trees.

There are currently
over 500 identified species,

always evolving,
changing their behaviors.

Now, imagine you're a shark
and you make your living

hiding from bigger sharks
out on the reef,

but every night
the tide drops down

and into these tide pools

get stuck these little fish
and crustaceans.

It's basically a buffet.

These epaulette sharks
have evolved the ability,

the specialized fins
and body structure

to be able to wait
until the tide drops,

use those fins
and belly crawl,

like a salamander,
out of the deep ocean

into these tide pools
to hunt for fish,

crabs and all kinds
of little things.

What an amazing
evolutionary advantage.

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[Forrest] Papua New Guinea
is a sovereign nation

located just north
of Australia.

These pristine islands
and rain forests

are among the least explored
in the world,

making it the perfect place
for epaulette sharks

to adapt and evolve
in secret.

I'm here to collect

as much data as possible
on these sharks

with the ultimate goal

of capturing
never before seen proof,

they're actually
walking out of the water.

And I'm gonna start
with the local fishermen.

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[Forrest] Good morning.

Hey, brother.

[man] -Hi there.
[Forrest] -How you doing?

[woman] You got
a nice face, bro.

[Forrest] So this
is Port Moresby,

the capital
of Papua New Guinea,

one of the most
ecologically diverse

and bio-rich places
on the planet.

And not just
with the wildlife,

there are over 850 languages
spoken here.

There's over 800
coral species,

over 650 species of fish,

if there's anywhere
in the world

that we're gonna find
some new shark behavior,

it's working with people
like this. Right guys?

[kids] Yeah.

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[Forrest] I'm headed
to their largest fish market,

but first I need to connect
with a friend

that inspired this expedition.

-Vicky.
[Vicky] -Hi.

[Forrest] Hey,
welcome to PNG.

[Vicky] So good to see you.

[Forrest] How's it going?
It's good to see you.

It's been way too long.

[Vicky] Yes.
Super stoked we are here.

[Forrest] Vicky Vasquez holds
a masters in marine science

and has helped discover
multiple new shark species.

I first met her
several years ago

on a fact finding trip
in Missouri

at the Wonders
of Wildlife Aquarium.

[Vicky] Say hello
to my Hemiscyllium Oceallatum.

[Forrest] What a beautiful
little animal.

[Vicky] So this one
is from Australia.

We know tons about it,
but there's actually been

three discovered
in Papua New Guinea

and we know nothing
about those.

[Forrest] The walking shark
is often referred to

as an epaulette shark,

named for this large spot
behind their fins

that looks like
a military epaulette.

Where does the name
walking shark come from?

[Vicky] They are using
their pectoral fins,

these fins right by the gills

and also these back fins
over here as feet.

[Forrest] Stunning
little animal.

Vicky inspired me
to plan this expedition

to track down
the three poorly studied

walking shark species,
the Papuan Epaulette,

the Hooded Epaulette
and the Leopard Epaulette,

and prove once and for all

if their unique adaptation
truly allows them

to leave the sea
and walk on land.

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[Forrest] Where
can I find this one?

[man] -No, I don't know.
[Forrest] -No?

[Forrest] You don't eat
this one?

[man 2] -It only gets my hook.
[Forrest] -Yeah.

[man 2] I will pull it up,
kill it and throw it back.

[woman] -There's one.
[Forrest] -Yeah. Okay.

[woman] -It's down this side.
[Forrest] -On that side.

[Vicky] -Oh.
[Forrest] -Oh, look.

[Vicky] That right there
is a bamboo shark,

so that is the cousin.

[woman] That
is a different one.

[Forrest] Yeah, different one.
Do you know this one?

[woman] I know this,
but I don't know the name.

[Forrest] Where can I find it?
I want to find one alive.

[woman] Okay,
you got to go down there

where the wharf is.

[Forrest] She said down here,
I think.

[Vicky] I think
it's worth a try.

[Forrest] Do you know
where to find somebody

who catches this shark?
This one.

[man 3] -Yeah, over there.
[Forrest] -This guy.

[Forrest] This guy here.
Hello, guys. Hello, brother.

[Elias] -Hello.
[Forrest] -How you doing?

[Elias] Good, good, good.

[Forrest] Do you know
this shark?

[Elias] Oh, yeah, I know them.

[Forrest] You know it?
Do you have it here?

[Elias] No, no, no,
I don't have it here.

[Forrest] Okay.

[Elias] But if you want,
I can take you.

[Forrest] You can
take me there now?

-You're good to go?
[Vicky] -I guess so.

[Forrest] John,
let's load up, let's go.

-Okay? We can go now, hey?
[Elias] -Yep.

[Forrest] And alive,
the shark is alive?

[Elias] Catch live ones, yeah.

[Forrest] Okay.

[Vicky] So, was this
part of the plan?

[Forrest] -Nope.
[Vicky] -Alright.

[Forrest] Thomas, you take
the van and I guess...

Yeah, we'll send you
our location.

[Thomas] Yeah. Be safe.

[Forrest] Watch your head,
Mitchell.

So, we've just met a fisherman
at a fish market

and he said jump in my boat
and I'll take you to see some

of these rare walking sharks
we're looking for.

[Forrest] You live here?

[Elias] No,
it's about half an hour.

[Forrest] Oh,
we're going to your house?

[Elias] Yeah.

[Forrest] Ah, okay.
So, we're going to his house.

[Vicky] 30 minutes away
on a boat.

[Forrest] Yep.

This one, for sure, hey?
This one?

[Elias] -Yeah, that one.
[Forrest] -That one, okay.

[Vicky] Yeah,
good, good point.

We should make sure
it's the right shark.

[Forrest] Yeah,
I guess we'll find out.

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[Forrest] We've known this man
for all of about two minutes,

but he's identified
the papuan epaulette

and I can't pass up the chance
of getting my hands on one.

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[Vicky] Got it, thank you.
Hi, I'm Vicky.

[Forrest] Where do you keep
the sharks?

[Elias] We keep them
in the sea, yeah.

[Forrest] You've got them
there?

[Elias] Yeah.

[Forrest] Can you show me,
please?

[Elias] No worries.

[Forrest] Sharks
right in here?

[Elias] Yeah.
One here, this way.

[Forrest] Look at that.

[Vicky] This is
a papuan epaulette shark.

Oh, my God.

[Forrest] You've got
tons of them.

[Elias] Yeah,
we got ten, eleven.

[Forrest] Wow.

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[Vicky] Alright,
this guy's a little feisty.

[Forrest] Why do you catch
these, Elias?

[Elias] There is some
who put them in aquariums.

[Forrest] -For aquariums?
[Elias] -Yeah. Oh, yeah.

[Forrest] Papuan people?

[Elias] No,
it's to the foreigners.

[Forrest]
The Australian epaulette

is the number one shark
in international pet trade,

but these Papuan epaulettes
have a bolder pattern

and are more rare

because their known range
is much smaller,

so they fetch
an even higher price

among unique fish collectors,

but there's very little data
on these sharks

and we don't know

if they're being fished
to extinction.

[Vicky] In the aquarium trade,
having ten sharks makes sense

because only 50%
usually survive.

[Forrest] Yeah, look at this,
this one's pregnant,

so she's gonna lose
her pups most likely.

[Vicky] So,
where did you catch these?

[Elias] Under the stones,
under the reefs here.

[Vicky] -Yeah, reef sharks.
[Elias] -The reefs out here.

[Vicky] That's where
they like to hang out.

[Forrest] Well, the thing is

they're endemic
to a tiny little region

right around the big city
of Port Moresby.

[Vicky] Right.

[Forrest] This could be 20%
of the population sitting

in these buckets right here,
for all we know.

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[Forrest] Have you ever seen
this one come out of the water

onto the rocks?

[Elias] Yes.
When it's low tide.

[Forrest] So, nobody
in the scientific world,

like Vicky and I,
has ever seen this before.

So, because we know so little
about these animals,

here's what I'll do.

If you help me take this one
and put it back on the reef,

I'll give you
a very good speer gun.

I don't like to buy sharks,
it's bad for the sharks.

Instead you can get food.

You can shoot some
nice fish to eat, no problem.

[Elias] -Thank you.
[Forrest] -You'd like that?

[Elias] -It's good.
[Forrest] -Okay.

[Elias] It's a deal.

[Forrest] Alright,
it's a good deal.

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[Forrest] So, we're just
heading out to the area

that Elias told us
he caught the sharks at.

Let's start with one
of the big girls.

1.35.

[Forrest] Our goal is to take
measurements and DNA samples

before releasing them.

[Forrest] You can see
it's very non-invasive.

[Vicky] I want to get

genetic analysis
with the fin clips

because there's still
this confusion

with where their range ends.
Can you read the number to me?

[Forrest] -Yep. 006990.
[Vicky] -Great.

[Forrest] Just by doing this,
we've probably collected

the most data
that has ever been collected

on this species in history.

[Forrest] Time to gear up
and return them to their home.

[Forrest] So,
now you can shoot fish

instead of catch sharks. Huh?

[Elias] Yeah,
I like it very much.

[Forrest] Good.
Alright my friend.

[Elias] Thank you.

[suspense music]

[Forrest] This is
a great spot.

Nice, healthy coral reef.

[Forrest] Now
that they're tagged,

I need to return them
to the safest spot I can find.

Just deep enough

that no one should be able
to recollect them.

[Forrest] I think
he's gonna walk, Johnny.

Watch here. There he goes.

And look at how he's using
those fins to walk

right into the reef to be safe
from predators,

isn't it amazing?

So, now we just have
nine more to let go.

Absolute mission success.

[Forrest] I never expected
to find one of these

rare walking sharks
in a fisherman's catch,

but I'll take the win.

Now, they need to recover
where it's safe.

We're not going to witness
any of them

walking onto land here,

but we've collected
significant scientific data

and maybe one
of the other sharks in PNG

will walk for us instead.

[Vicky] Yeah,
we saved sharks today.

You don't get
to say that a lot.

[Forrest laughs] Exactly.

[Vicky] So, I think
we're ready to try

looking for another
epaulette shark.

It's called a hooded
epaulette shark.

[Forrest] These sharks are
especially active at night,

feeding in shallow reefs
and tidal areas.

[Vicky] If that is
what we're gonna do,

we gotta to head to Madang.

[Forrest] -Let's go to Madang.
[Vicky] -Alright.

[upbeat music]

[Forrest] Madang is 300 miles
to the north,

on the opposite coast
on the island of New Guinea.

[Vicky] Right here,
in the Madang Lagoon,

you have over seven
to 800 species of coral,

-100 species of reef fish.
[Forrest] -Wow.

[Vicky] And that's the most
in the entire world.

The cool thing is
we have mangrove

and reef habitat to explore.

There's tons of places
for them to hide.

[Forrest] Okay.
Johnny, grab your dive gear.

-We're going in.
[Johnny] -Alright, let's go.

[Forrest laughs]

[upbeat music]

[Johnny] -Forrest, croc.
[Mitch] -Forrest.

[Johnny] Forrest, croc, croc.

[Forrest] Back up, back up.
Watch out, watch out.

[Forrest] There's a sub-adult
salt water crocodile.

[Forrest]
Salt water crocodiles

are the world's
largest reptile.

[Forrest] Watch out,
Johnny, watch out.

[Forrest] And the most likely
to attack humans.

[Forrest] -Did he get ya?
[Johnny] -No.

[Forrest] We should get out
of here. This is not worth it.

[Johnny] For sure.

[Forrest] To leave that croc,
let's go.

[Forrest] Ooh.

[Forrest] No sightings yet,

so we're coming back
for a night dive.

Since they are
nocturnal feeders,

we have a better shot
of spotting them after dark.

[Forrest] This is part
of Shark Week,

I always make
my cameramen go in first.

If there's any sharks,
they get the nips.

And then I go second.
Gotta protect the asset.

[Mitch] Who's the asset?
I'm the asset?

[Forrest] No, I'm the asset.
That's why they go in first.

You're even more important
than I am.

You don't go in at all.

[Mitch] Exactly.

If you lose me
this show goes to [bleep].

[suspense music]

[Forrest] What we're gonna do

is look all over
the tops of the reefs

to see if one
of these smaller sharks

can actually be out walking,

looking for small crustaceans
and fish they would be eating.

This is a beautiful
feathered sea star.

Just amazing
the way they open up.

Guys, there's a big
tasselled wobbegong down here.

It's so cool.

Like a living rock
with a face full of weeds.

This is literally
a species of shark

that I've wanted to see
my entire life.

♪

The name wobbegong is
actually an Aboriginal term,

most people believe
means living rock.

These guys lay and wait
as ambush predators

hiding in the sand like this.

Whoa, did you see that?
It tried to eat that fish.

I'm actually reluctant
to get too close,

they have huge mouths

and can attach
and latch on to a diver.

That is one of the coolest,
weirdest [bleep] sharks

in the entire world.

But not the one
we're looking for.

♪

Look at how magnificent
and healthy this reef is.

It's real--

[Johnny] Forrest, hey Forrest,
whitetip, whitetip.

[Forrest] Whoa.
Watch out, Johnny.

He could be feeding at night.
They're a nocturnal predator.

If there were any
hooded epaulettes here,

this guy would gobble them up.
Let's head up.

[ethereal music]

[Forrest] You know,
we tried the mangroves,

ran into the wrong kind
of toothy critters.

We did the night dive,

which obviously
didn't shake out.

I'm thinking, you know,
being in this Mandang Lagoon

we should head to an area
that's totally unique,

which is the region with all
of this limestone topography

with deep tunnels
and deep caverns.

Hopefully, we can find one
of these hooded epaulettes

hiding out in one.

[Vicky] I think
that's a great idea.

I mean, this place
is surrounded by people,

yet these sharks
are very elusive

and I think that's because
they're really good hiders.

[Forrest] Yeah, and a lot
of people often think

it's just like all the same
under water,

nothing could be further
from the truth.

♪

So, in a place
like Papua New Guinea,

there's so much endemism,
you know, between regions

and it's because
the ocean bottom is so diverse

and there are these
deep water canyons

that our little walking sharks
couldn't get across

and then these big coral reefs
and these shallow plateaus.

[Vicky] Yes, above the surface
you couldn't tell,

but below the surface
it becomes a lot more obvious

that this area
is a long The Ring of Fire.

People call this place
the Garden of Eden

because all these animals

that really couldn't migrate
very far,

somehow did,

because these tectonic plates
pushed them around.

[Forrest] Right.

[Vicky] And that is why
we can be, like,

an hour plane ride away

and looking at a completely
unique looking shark,

even though
it's closely related

to the ones
we've already been looking at.

I've seen them in pictures,
but I don't think

it really has set in
how freaky they look.

This shark
was discovered in 1967.

[Forrest] That is
pretty recent.

[Vicky] So, that's why
it's so cool that we're here.

We're helping to explore
and confirm things.

You never know

what we're gonna add
to that science.

[Forrest] So, we're gonna find
Vasquezoni today or what?

[Vicky gasps] Yes.

[Forrest laughs] Name one
after you.

[Vicky] Yes, please.
The Vicky shark.

[Forrest] That's it,
that'll be pretty cool.

[cheerful music]

[Forrest] Two dives in

and we've come face to face
with large predators.

If the walking sharks
are here,

these threats will have them
hiding deep inside the reef.

[Forrest] A lot
of these cave holes

go back 15-20 ft.

[Forrest] Fortunately,
I've got just the tool.

[Forrest] Tell Mitch
to grab the pipe cam.

[Vicky] Sounds good.

[Forrest] We've re-purposed
a commercial plumbing camera

used to inspect toilets

and waterproofed it
to function as our pipe cam.

[Forrest] Okay, got it.

[Forrest] It should reveal
any hooded epaulettes

hiding deep in the reef,
but I'll be working blind

while Vicky reports
on the image from above.

[Vicky] And it feels
like I'm diving.

[suspense music]

[Forrest] What do you see,
Vicky?

[Vicky] Right there.

It's a venomous lionfish.
Maybe try a different spot.

[Forrest] Copy.

[Vicky] I think
I saw something.

Pull it back a little.
Wait, go back, go back.

[Forrest] It's pretty weird
having no idea

what you're seeing up there.

[Vicky] Hey,
I think I see something.

Turn it one more time.

[Forrest] Tell me
which way to go.

[Vicky] Can you move
forward more?

Yeah, right there.
Right there, right there.

Perfect. It looks
like an epaulette shark.

[Forrest]
Johnny, mark my spot.

[Forrest] If Vicky can confirm
she saw a hooded epaulette,

I've designed
something special

that may lure it out.

[Vicky] Definitely saw
an epaulette shark.

[Forrest] Really?

[Vicky] It was really far
into that crevice.

I saw
the right color patterns.

[Forrest] Let's grab
that ridiculous reef trap

and let's set it up
before it gets out of there.

[Mitch] Yeah, I'll grab it.

[upbeat music]

[Forrest] Designed to be just

like where an epaulette
would naturally hide and hunt,

this is a custom-made
artificial reef

and fish trap hybrid.

It looks like a bit of coral,
but it acts like a cage.

And when stuffed
with stinky bait,

it should lure in an epaulette

via a system
of one way tunnels.

[Forrest] Whether this
will work or not,

I have absolutely no idea

because nobody's ever
attempted this before,

but I think it looks cool.

[Mike] It's [bleep] heavy.

[Forrest] Try flying here
with it.

[suspense music]

[Forrest] Mike, JQ,
this is the spot, right here.

Towards me a little bit.

And the hope is,
as this epaulette decides

to leave the reef
to go out and hunt,

he gets a whiff of all that
stinky mackerel that's in here

and we have an epaulette
in the morning.

Good work, guys.
Let's head up.

[Forrest] So, yesterday,
I didn't get to see

whatever it was
that was on the pipe camera,

but Vicky is fairly certain
that was a hooded epaulette,

so we set out the reef trap.

You can actually start to see
the float there, see it?

[Vicky] -Yeah.
[Forrest] -Okay, got it.

[Vicky] Okay, fingers crossed
we got something.

[Forrest] Let's see.
Alright, it's coming up.

-Okay, ready?
[Vicky] -Yep.

[Forrest] Alright.

There is something
in there, Vicky.

It might just be the bait.

[Vicky] Okay, [bleep].

[Forrest] Vicky's there is
something moving inside.

[Vicky] Is there?

[Forrest] Yeah,
open the porthole.

Look on the side right there,
right here.

[Vicky gasps] I see it.

[Forrest] Oh, my God!
We got one. It's here.

[Vicky] Let me grab it.
Oh, yes!

[Forrest] Whoa. Whooo!
It's a hooded epaulette.

[Vicky] Oh, wow!
It's so pretty.

[Forrest] Look
at those markings.

[Vicky] This looks nothing
like any epaulette shark

we or most people
have ever seen before.

[Forrest] All I've seen
are the diagrams.

They do not do it justice.
This thing is stunning.

Look at this little animal.
Look at it.

[Vicky] A lot of the ones
we've seen so far

had dark or black spots
on them.

[Forrest] Uh-huh.

[Vicky] This one is,
like, all brown

and the spots are white,
so it just really pops.

[Forrest] Okay,
I'm gonna get the kit,

so you can start getting data.

[Vicky] Yep.

[Forrest] Just like
the Papuan Epaulettes,

we're taking samples

and gathering
as much data as we can

during these precious minutes

before he needs to get back
in the water.

[Forrest] 1.5 lbs.

There's one more
super important photo.

[Vicky] -Yeah?
[Forrest] -Okay, this one.

[laughs]

[Vicky] Perfect.

That'll be
the cover of the paper.

[Vicky]
Sad to see this guy go.

[Forrest] One last look,
guys, this is it.

[Vicky] Bye, bye.

[Forrest] Rarest
walking cat shark on Earth

going back to its home.

[epic music]

[Forrest] You can see
how beautifully he blends in

to his environment.

He's home,
resting on his reef.

[Vicky] I can't believe
we have seen

two endemic epaulette sharks
here in Papua New Guinea,

-but I have to go.
[Forrest] -Yeah.

[Forrest]
With two sharks down,

Vicky has more
than enough data

to begin publishing
our findings,

but I'm not leaving
until we find out

if these sharks walk on land,

which would be
an evolutionary milestone.

Our third target
is the leopard epaulette.

[Vicky] If you can get that,
that'll be amazing.

[Forrest] I'm so glad
you came, Vicky.

It was awesome. Good job.

[Vicky] Yeah, it's been fun.
Thanks for having me.

[Forrest] It's been great.
Of course.

[upbeat music]

[Forrest] We've chartered
a plane to take us

to the remote coastal village
of Tufi.

It's in the province of Oro,

about 350 miles
to the southeast.

♪

This is the most remote

and challenging location
to film in so far.

[Forrest laughs]
What are we going in?

[Mitch] [bleep]
I don't know, man.

[Forrest] They're not
refueling. We're just going.

[Forrest] But the locals
have confirmed sightings

of the leopard epaulette,

♪

so it's worth
the first class treatment.

[Forrest] No joke,

heavy guys should be
on the left side of the plane

because there's a lot
more weight

on the right side
of the plane.

[Mitch] Hopefully,
we can make it to Tufi.

[Forrest laughs] That's right.

[cheerful music]

[Forrest] The people
of Tufi Village

are completely off grid.

Since they don't rely
on modern technology,

I have no way of knowing
how they'll respond to us.

And from these heights,
this coastal paradise

is truly looking like
the land that time forgot.

[Forrest] I like the people
to ration here.

[Mitch] Yeah, right?

[Forrest] Man,
this looks pretty good.

♪

[Forrest] We're just pulling
into Tufi Village now.

Then we're gonna head up river
to try and find the tribe.

[Forrest] The villagers
we are looking for

are not used to guests

and I'm told
they believe they have

a spiritual connection
to sharks.

So, it's possible they may be
very protective of them.

[Forrest] We've been told

the people
that worship the sharks

are up this tributary here.

I would say,
if there's any hope

of us finding
the leopard epaulette,

it's getting
local information.

[relaxing music]

River's getting pretty narrow,
Mitch.

[Mitch] Yeah.

[Forrest] I mean, they said
at the end of the river.

This is the end of the river.

[suspense music]

[Forrest] Oh, look at this.
A stunning waterfall.

[Forrest] Look at that,
Mitchell, Mitchell.

[Mitch] What?

[Forrest] There's a skull
up there.

♪

Actually, come with me.

Will you give me the camera?
There's a cave here.

[Thomas] We don't want
any injuries.

[Forrest] There's a cave here.

[Thomas] Be careful.

[Forrest] It keeps going.
Mitch, come.

[Mitch] Okay, coming.

[Forrest] Look at it,
look at it. Alright.

Oh, my God, look here.

There's a whole pile
of skulls here.

There's three up there.

[man] There's a whole floor
of them.

[Forrest] They're not fresh.

Many of these skulls
are fossilized.

[Forrest] And that's been
bashed in by a blunt object.

Look at that.

[Mitch] There's so many
of them.

[Forrest] Look
at that one back there,

tucked into the rocks.
That's a child's skull.

[man 2] -Burial site?
[man] -Some kind of ritual?

[Forrest] Like
a grave site or--

[man] Well, we definitely
shouldn't be here.

[Forrest] No, come.
Let's leave, guys.

I don't like this at all.

We're just gonna go
the same way we came.

Let's go.

[bleep]!

Hello.

The guy's moving "come down".
He's telling us to come.

Come, stay close, please.

Hello.

[Forrest] I can only hope

our trespassing
hasn't offended them.

[Forrest] Hello, boss.

I'm Forrest,
this is Mitchell.

We were told that you know

about the sharks
in the ocean here.

We've just come
only to talk about sharks.

[leader] Okay, then.

I'll welcome you
into my community.

[Forrest] Oh, well,
thank you very much.

Thank you, thank you guys.

Thank you,
thank you, thank you.

[leader] I sent
the warriors to spy

what were you doing here.

[Forrest] Were they
watching us the whole time?

[leader] Yes.

[Forrest] Oh,
I didn't see them at all.

We didn't see them at all.

[leader] Let's walk
across this way.

[Forrest] Okay.

[leader] -If something come--
[Forrest] -So cool.

Hello, hello, hello.

[Forrest] There are
over 850 languages

spoken in Papua New Guinea,

and it's common for locals
to speak several of them.

Our host can speak
eight languages

and his English
is quite good.

[leader] Korafe Tribe.
We belong to Korafe Tribe.

[Forrest] Korafe Tribe. Okay.

[leader] Korafe Tribe, yeah.

[Forrest] And Korafe Tribe is
very connected to the ocean?

[leader] -Oh, yes.
[Forrest] -Yeah.

[leader] -This is our land.
[Forrest] -Yeah.

[leader] And the saltwater
belongs to us.

It's where we normally
go out fishing.

[Forrest] -Of course.
[leader] -Fishing, diving.

[Forrest] So, I need your help
to know where to go

to find this shark.

[man] This,
you will normally find them

in a place
where it's like a moon.

[Forrest] What's like a moon?

[man] The island
is like a moon.

[Forrest] The island
is like a moon shape?

[man] Yep.
In the night time when--

[Forrest] This elder
has been fishing these waters

his whole life

and he looks like he knows
a thing or two about sharks.

[Forrest] Thank you, guys.
Thank you, guys.

[Forrest] And I'm hoping
his guidance

leads me to finally see
a shark that walks on land.

[frantic music]

[Forrest] There are
over 600 islands

off the coast
of Papua New Guinea.

So we started
our search on a map

by estimating how far
a Korafe Tribe fisherman

might travel
from where we met them,

we singled out
certain groups of islands,

compared their shapes
and we immediately spotted it.

[epic music]

[Forrest] Here's home
for the next week.

Evening guys.

[Forrest]
This is our best shot

at finding
the third walking shark:

the leopard epaulette.

[Forrest] We have
finally arrived at an area

that we believe to be
the moon shaped reef.

We're gonna get
on top of that reef

and hopefully find
a leopard epaulette.

Let's gear up, guys.

[Forrest] The moon island

is just one of many
here in Milne Bay,

which is 22 miles long
and nine miles wide.

An enormous area to search
for a leopard epaulette.

[suspense music]

[Forrest] Let's just
drift down the ledge.

[Forrest] Manta ray,
right there. Manta ray.

[Forrest] But no sign
of any leopard epaulettes.

[man] Let's go.

[Forrest] We're gonna get one
tonight?

[man] -Yes.
[Forrest] -Can I have them?

[Forrest]
What we're gonna do is,

scour along
this leading edge of the reef.

And see if we can find
any signs of epaulettes

hiding in these caves.

Look at this
magnificent moray eel.

Epaulette sharks will hunt

in a similar manner
to these eels,

looking for anything
that's sleeping

for them to prey on.

[Forrest] Still no luck.

To increase our chances,

we've broken the map
into zones

and are systemically
moving across the bay.

[Forrest] Check this out.
This is a World War II plane.

See the twin tails back there?

That's how you know.
It's a P-38 Lightning.

[Forrest] This plane
was likely lost

in the Battle of Milne Bay,
during an attack in 1942.

[Forrest] But, I don't see

any signs of epaulettes
on the wreck.

[suspense music]

[Johnny] Two sharks
right below me.

[Forrest] Silkies.
I think we've gotten too deep.

Let's head up
to the top of the reef

and look for epaulettes
up there.

[Forrest] We are now
three days in

with no sign
of the leopard epaulette.

It's time
to shake things up a little.

I've sliced up
some fresh mackerel

and I'm baiting
every leopard epaulette

sized nook and cranny
on this reef.

We'll come back later
to see if any sharks

walk out for a bite.

♪

[Forrest] This is the area
that we believe

is the perfect area
for epaulettes

based on everything
they told us in the village,

so we're just gearing up now.

♪

[Forrest] The sun
went down hours ago.

Time to see if we've drawn out

the incredibly rare
leopard epaulette.

The bait is gone.
We know there's action here.

Something's moving.

That's it.

[Forrest] Whoo, hoo.
Got one.

[Forrest] We've caught one.

The extremely rare
leopard epaulette,

our third walking shark.

[epic music]

There's another.

They're all over this ridge.

[Forrest] Whoo, hoo, hoo.

Got another one.
Another one.

[Forrest] This species
is incredibly good at hiding,

but just like
the hooded epaulette,

they couldn't resist
the free meal.

[Forrest] Woohoo!

[music intensifies]

[Forrest] I'm just gonna
keep collecting the data

to turn over to Vicky.

She is gonna freak out
when she sees

how much data collection
we're getting.

Come on, little guy.

[scale beeps]

Just under a pound at .9.

47 and a quarter.

There you go, little guy.
Bye, bye.

[Forrest] The water
is so shallow here

that I can release them
safely from the boat.

[Forrest] It is so good to see
such a healthy population

of these phenomenal
little animals.

But the reality is,

we still haven't answered
the biggest question,

which is, "Do these animals
walk on land?"

But, hopefully,
tomorrow night

we'll take a crack
at answering whether or not

these things
actually leave the water.

Ooh. What a night.

[relaxing music]

[mysterious music]

[Forrest] After last night's
tremendous success

in finding these
incredible leopard epaulettes,

we're heading directly inshore
from where we found them

to set up
a little secret weapon

and see if we can accomplish
the impossible

and try and get a shot

of a walking shark
out of the water,

walking on land
during tonight's low tide.

See, this is a perfect
little rocky tide pool area

right next
to an abundant reef.

[Forrest] What I have here

is a four-camera
surveillance system

with infrared,

so it puts out
no light whatsoever,

so I can take
these four cameras,

strategically place them
at places

that seem perfect exit points
for an epaulette,

and see if by some miracle,

one of these wide cameras
show us an epaulette.

Mitch, you wanna come
give me a hand?

[Mitch] Yeah, yeah.

♪

[Forrest] Find an area
like this, see?

Where we know the tide
is slowly going down,

so see how there's this
little deep water channel here

and there's all these
little mud skippers and crabs.

See that mud skipper there?

And so, if anybody
wants to leave the water

and come out and hunt that,

we'll have that camera
set up here as the tide drops.

[Forrest] This is exactly
the scenario we need

to observe walking
out of the water.

[Forrest] There is
my full surveillance system.

I don't want anything
that could inhibit

these sharks
from coming up here,

so I have with me a little
seaweed-looking poncho.

Hope you guys are ready
for a long evening.

[Forrest] If these
leopard epaulettes

push themselves up
onto the rocks,

we could be witnessing

a biological milestone
in shark evolution.

[Forrest] Tide's going down
and more and more rocks

are getting exposed,

and it's leaving
more isolated tidepools,

which is perfect for this
little shark to come out

and hop from one pool
to the next to find prey.

Some mud skippers
going through frame.

Look, look at that.
Look in the tidepool.

[man] Oh, my God,
look at that.

[Forrest] That's it.

[man] He just
walked in there?

[Forrest] Yep, he just
came walking in this way.

He's sitting there.
He's hunting crabs right now.

You can see his gills are
just pumping water right now.

It's like he held his breath
like a diver,

got into this narrow area

and now it's catching
its breath again,

just recharging.
This is so cool.

Come look, he's moving.

Look, look, look.
He's coming further up.

There he goes.

Look, look,
he's walking, he's walking.

Come, come, come.

Look, look.

Look at him using those fins.

[playful music]

This is so incredible.

Look at that,
up and over the rocks.

There he goes,
look at him, look at him.

This is spectacular.

♪

This is the first time
in history

one of the Papuan species
of epaulettes

has been documented walking.

[epic music]

How amazing is that?

To see a shark leave the water
and come onto land.

The only known shark
in the world

that walk out of the water
and over land.

♪

Look at those fins,

look at the way he uses them
to walk over the reef.

Look at that, look at that.
Oh. This is incredible, guys.

Here he goes,

back into the deep
from where he came.

The leopard epaulette.
Goodness. Wow.

Guys. Good job, everybody.

Good job, Mitch.
Good job, John.

♪

[Forrest] Papua New Guinea,
what an incredible place

filled with the most amazing
array of corals, fish...

and, of course, sharks.

[Forrest] Behind you,
silky shark.

None more amazing...

Oh, my god, we got one.

...than the three species
of epaulettes

that we came here and found.

Whoo hooo.

To come to this region,

a place that's been
on my bucket list

since I was a little kid

and track down
three of the most unique

evolutionary young
shark species

on the planet

is beyond a dream come true,
not only on a personal level,

but we have accomplished
so much

for the science
of walking sharks.

[Forrest] Look how
he's using those fins.

We now know genetics,
sex, identification

and all kinds
of other fantastic data

for species of epaulettes
that before this expedition

had near no research
conducted on them.

I mean, I came to Papua
with the hopes

that maybe we'd find
one epaulette shark.

[Forrest] It's walking.

And we found all three

[epic music]

and got all new footage

of one of the most
incredible things

that nature has ever put out.

♪

[Elias] Forrest,
you see, it's walking.

Trying to find its way out
back to the water again.

Yep, see? It's going now.

Okay, man.
I hope this is helpful to you.