An octopus hitched a ride on the back of a mako shark in extraordinary nature footage released by the University of Auckland.
One summer day off the northern coast of New Zealand, Rochelle Constantine noticed something strange on the water’s surface.
A shortfin mako shark, the fastest-swimming shark in the world, was caught on camera with an octopus catching a ride on its ...
The Odd Couple One of the ocean's fastest predators is the shortfin mako shark. It can leap as high as 20 feet (6 m) above the water and achieve speeds of 46 mph (74 km/h). These 12-foot (3.7 ...
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