Octopus hitches ride on shark’s back in remarkable footage that is ‘a reminder of the wonders of the ocean’: ‘Sharktopus’
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 of New Zealand in the Hauraki Gulf in 2023 when they spotted a shortfin mako shark with an orange blob attached to its back.
“We could see these tentacles moving,” she added in a March 20 interview with The New York Times.
Researchers in New Zealand saw a colorful blob on top of a shark’s head. When they looked closer, they realized it had eight ...
As the video went viral, social media users reacted in astonishment with many calling the octopus smart for utilising the ...
Researchers with the University of Auckland recently witnessed an extraordinary scene in which a mako shark appears to be ...
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