The shortfin mako is a large shark with big black button eyes and is extremely fast. Photo: Shutterstock Like many octopus species, the formidable Maori octopus has a paralyzing neurotoxin that it ...

While observing a shortfin mako shark swimming through the waters in December 2023, something strange caught their eye. "It had a really large orangey-brown shape on its head," Constantine ...

HAURAKI GULF, New Zealand – Scientists were treated to quite a curious sight when they saw an octopus clinging onto the head of a mako shark off the coast of New Zealand, University of Auckland ...

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 ...

That wasn’t the case for this octopus. In 2023, scientists spotted an eight-armed cephalopod riding on a 10-foot mako shark—and their video of the bizarre journey is now available to view.