An octopus hitched a ride on the back of a mako shark in extraordinary nature footage released by the University of Auckland.
With documented swimming speeds of up to 46 miles per hour, mako sharks represent the world’s fastest elasmobranch species.
Somehow, a large orange octopus has been riding a mako shark off the coast of New Zealand. Researchers are mystified.
Researchers from the University of Aukland got a chance sighting of an octopus hitching a ride on the back of a shark, which they have dubbed “sharktopus.” The team was off the Northern coast ...