Pingas and the 10 hitchhikers 🤭🤪 When we met Pingas, Coron’s famous dugong, we counted more than 10 remoras attached to the belly! These little fish, also called suckerfish, use a suction disc on their heads to cling to larger marine animals, from sharks to turtles to dugongs, feeding on parasites and leftover bits of food. Sometimes, though, Pingas seems to get ticklish or annoyed by the crowd. To shake them off, Pingas dives down and rolls over the sandy bottom, rubbing and twirling graceful