Researchers off the coast of New Zealand caught a rare sight on camera - an octopus hitching a ride on the back of an ...
The octopus in question was no lightweight. It was a Māori octopus, the largest octopus species in the Southern Hemisphere.
"A large metallic grey dorsal fin signalled a big shark, a short-fin mako," Constantine wrote in the piece published March 11. "But wait, what was that orange patch on its head? A buoy? An injury?