Maybe it was even a buoy, or a tangled fishing net?
She didnt consider the possibility of it being a Maori octopus hitching a ride.
This sharktopus was a mysterious find indeed, Constantinewritesin an article about the experience.
Photo: Wednesday Davis / University of Auckland
Octopus are mostly on the seabed while short-fin mako sharks dont favor the deep.
We have no idea how they found each other.
Though this mako shark clocked in at 10 feet long, the Maori octopus is equally hefty.
A shortfin mako shark. (Photo: Mark Conlin/SWFSC Large Pelagics Program, Public domain)
Still, the shark seemed completely at ease with its stowaway friend.
The shark seemed quite happy, and the octopus seemed quite happy, Constantine marveled.
What happened next is harder to know.
A Maori octopus. (Photo: Sylke Rohrlach, viaWikimedia Commons,CC 2.0)
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A shortfin mako shark.
(Photo: Mark Conlin/SWFSC Large Pelagics Program, Public domain)
A Maori octopus.
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