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?

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.

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

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 ...

The octopus in question was no lightweight. It was a Māori octopus, the largest octopus species in the Southern Hemisphere.

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 ...