What happens when an octopus jumps shark for driving around the city?
Sharktopus, of course.
Rare phenomenon caught on video off the coast New Zealand The image, released by scientists at the University of Auckland, shows a Maori octopus riding a mako shark, which is the fastest in the world and can swim at speeds of up to 46mph.
The university said the December 2023 encounter “was one of the strangest things marine scientists at the University of Auckland have ever seen. It was truly a puzzling sight… octopuses primarily live on the seabed, but short-finned mako sharks do not.” [favor] depth”.
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The rare image, taken off the coast of New Zealand and released by scientists from the University of Auckland, shows a Maori octopus riding on top of a mako shark, the fastest in the world, capable of swimming at speeds of up to 46 miles per hour. (University of Auckland)
University researchers were looking for crazy shark feeding in the Hauraki Gulf near Kawau Island when a mako shark was discovered with an “orange spot” on its head.
The researchers launched a drone, placed a GoPro camera in the water and “saw something unforgettable: an octopus sitting on the shark's head and clinging to it with its tentacles,” University of Auckland professor Rochelle Constantine wrote in the journal. piece for the university last week.
The researchers launched a drone, placed a GoPro camera in the water and “saw something unforgettable: an octopus sitting on the shark's head and clinging to it with its tentacles,” University of Auckland professor Rochelle Constantine wrote in a paper for the university last week. (University of Auckland)
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Konstantin added that the researchers moved on after 10 minutes, so they weren't sure what happened to the “shark” next, but “the octopuses may have been in for quite an experience, as the world's fastest shark species can reach [30 mph]”
“At first I thought, 'Is this a buoy?' — Konstantin told The New York Times this week. “Did he get caught in the fishing gear or was he bitten badly?”
The octopus will have a “real experience” with the world's fastest shark, researchers said. (University of Auckland)
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She noted, “You can see that it takes quite a bit of space on the shark's head,” noting that neither animal seemed bothered by the encounter.
“The shark seemed quite happy, and the octopus seemed quite happy. It was a very calm scene,” she said.
