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Shark's Orange 'Hat' Leaves Researchers Stunned
"One of the best things about being a marine scientist is that you never know what you might see next in the sea," writes ...
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Real life 'sharktopus'? Scientists share video of strange shark-octopus encounter
"A large metallic grey dorsal fin signalled a big shark, a short-fin mako," Constantine wrote in the piece published March 11. "But wait, what was that orange patch on its head? A buoy? An injury?
A Real-Life Sharktopus: Scientists Capture Footage of Octopus Riding Shark’s Back
Researchers at University of Auckland documented the real-life sharktopus during a December 2023 expedition in the Hauraki ...
Octopus Hitches Ride on Mako Shark's Head
Somehow, a large orange octopus has been riding a mako shark off the coast of New Zealand. Researchers are mystified.
Watch: Scientists mystified as Maco shark gives octopus a ride off this Oceania country
Researchers discovered an octopus catching a ride on a shortfin Mako shark off the shores of New Zealand, according to ...
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Octopus turns world’s fastest shark into underwater taxi in a bizarre encounter
With documented swimming speeds of up to 46 miles per hour, mako sharks represent the world’s fastest elasmobranch species.
Scientists Take Incredible Snapshot of Octopus Riding Shark
A real-life "Sharktopus" situation unfolded in the Hauraki Gulf near Kawau Island in New Zealand, and scientists couldn't ...