The rare sighting, captured on video off the coast of New Zealand and shared by scientists affiliated with the University of Auckland, shows a Maori octopus riding on top of a mako shark, which is the ...

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A diver in Australia filmed a Maori octopus hugging her camera near a pier. Jules Casey has built a bond with the octopus, named Priscilla, over months of visits. Casey is creating a short film about ...

A research team from the University of Auckland was out studying feeding frenzies when they came across something far more remarkable: an octopus taking a ride on a shark’s back. The shark was ...

This Maori octopus was captured on video camouflaging its skin and changing colors as it moved around the ocean floor amid a garden of kelp. This Maori octopus was captured on video camouflaging its ...