Yet, for at least ten minutes on that December day in 2023, these two animals shared a ride. “The shark seemed quite happy, and the octopus seemed ... can see it takes a fair amount of real ...

Researchers from the University of Aukland got a chance sighting of an octopus hitching a ride on the back of a shark, which they have dubbed “sharktopus.” The team was off the Northern coast ...

The sighting was not that of some mish-mashed genetic oddity but rather a normal octopus hitching a ride on the back of a very real shark. Researchers from the University of Auckland spotted the ...

An octopus got to rest its many legs when it ended up aboard a mako shark for a leisurely ride. In a video captured in December 2023 and released in March 2025, the two species were in peaceful ...