Watch: Scientists mystified as Maco shark gives octopus a ride off this Oceania country
Researchers recently discovered an octopus catching a ride on a shortfin Mako shark off the shores of New Zealand, according to multiple reports. A YouTube video titled, “Sharktopus': Octopus hitches a ride on a shark to researchers' surprise” caught the oddity near the Oceania country.
“We could see these tentacles moving,” she added in a March 20 interview with The New York Times.
Researchers with the University of Auckland recently witnessed an extraordinary scene in which a mako shark appears to be ...
Researchers in New Zealand saw a colorful blob on top of a shark’s head. When they looked closer, they realized it had eight arms.
This sharktopus (a.k.a. a short-fin mako shark giving an octopus a ride on its back) in the Hauraki Gulf was a mysterious ...
Alamy “There’s no evidence to say that shark has attacked the person in the water,” he continued. The outlet reports that mako sharks can range between 60 and 140 kilograms. Three other men ...
Shark fishing can be among the most dangerous types of game fishing. A big mako has the strength to overturn small boats, snap fishing rods, or, as in Barning’s case, pull fishermen overboard.
In a press conference on Monday afternoon, NSW Police Superintendent Joe McNulty said police believed the vessel was reeling in a mako shark when Mr Barning became entangled in the fishing line.
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