Watch an Octopus Hitch a Ride on a Shark in โSharktopusโ Footage Captured by Scientists
While aboard a University of Auckland vessel off the coast of Kawau Island, in New Zealand, Rochelle Constantine noticed something unusual clutching onto a mako sharkโs head. There were several things the orange clump couldโve been; a mass, the marine ecologist thought, or perhaps a deep gash. Maybe it was even a buoy, or a tangled fishing net? She didnโt consider the possibility of it being a Maori octopus hitching a ride.