Researchers recently discovered an octopus catching a ride on a shortfin Mako shark off the shores of New Zealand, according ...

This tactic is called breaching. The mako shark can jump more than 20 feet. The highest recorded jump is around 30 feet, which is about twice as high as the record-breaking great white.

A shortfin mako shark, the fastest-swimming shark in the world, was caught on camera with an octopus catching a ride on its back off the coast of New Zealand.

Researchers with the University of Auckland recently witnessed an extraordinary scene in which a mako shark appears to be providing taxi service for an octopus. The bizarre interaction ...

But one thing is for sure; this shark ... high metabolic rate in that it burns a lot of energy quickly. So in order to replace that energy they need to eat a lot of food. To ensure a meal, the ...