Cute stuff. A piglet and a kitten ... “A large metallic grey dorsal fin signaled a big shark, a short-fin mako. But wait, what was that orange patch on its head? A buoy? An injury?

Drone video captured what was a curious sight for scientists, who saw an octopus clinging onto the head of a short-fin mako shark off the coast of New Zealand.

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. By Melissa Hobson When she spotted the mako shark in the ...

The researchers were studying the Hauraki Gulf as part of an ongoing project, when they spotted a large metallic grey dorsal fin, which turned out to be a short-fin mako shark. But a closer look ...