Researchers off the coast of New Zealand caught a rare sight on camera - an octopus hitching a ride on the back of an ultra-fast shark species.

It’s named not only for its great size but its diet; like some whale species, the whale shark ... she grabbed the skin under a whale shark’s first dorsal fin as it cruised by.

They noticed the dorsal fin of a large ... The octopus-mako shark duo was a bit of an anomaly, as the two species typically inhabit different parts of the ocean. "This `sharktopus’ was a ...

The researchers were studying the Hauraki Gulf as part of an ongoing project, when they spotted a large metallic grey dorsal fin, which turned ... world’s fastest shark species can reach ...

A large shark was spotted thanks to its grey dorsal fin peeking out ... "quite the experience" since short-fin mako sharks are the world's fastest shark species, and can reach speeds of up to ...