That was the case when a team from the University of Auckland in New Zealand noticed a 10-foot-long shortfin mako shark adorned with an unexpected passenger. “What was that orange patch on its head?

Somehow, a large orange octopus has been riding a mako shark off the coast of New Zealand. Researchers are mystified.

That wasn’t the case for this octopus. In 2023, scientists spotted an eight-armed cephalopod riding on a 10-foot mako shark—and their video of the bizarre journey is now available to view.

ONE of the most fearsome predators of the seas has turned up in British waters. The man-eating mako shark has not been seen here alive for more than 20 years. But angler John Lock caught a baby ...

Oh my god!" an observer exclaims Wednesday Davis/University of Auckland An octopus got to rest its many legs when it ended up aboard a mako shark for a leisurely ride. In a video captured in ...

And while you might find them a little scary, they’re mostly misunderstood ... Come to the shark side… 4. Sharks that steal always mako like a bandit. 5. Go ahead and mako my day.

The mako shark she saw swimming near the surface wasn’t unusual on its own—but the giant orange patch on its head was. “At first, I was like, ‘Is it a buoy?’” says Constantine to ...

While on a research trip in December 2023, marine scientists observed an octopus attached to the head of a shortfin mako shark. The sighting was off the northern coast of the North Island of New ...