Researchers in New Zealand saw a colorful blob on top of a shark’s head. When they looked closer, they realized it had eight arms.

Researchers at University of Auckland documented the real-life sharktopus during a December 2023 expedition in the Hauraki ...

The sighting, or "sharktopus," is extremely rare and super mysterious because, as the research paper noted, octopus are mostly on the seabed while short-fin mako sharks don't favor the deep waters.