In this movie, the octopus escapes a shark attack by riding on its back and evading the creature. In this video, the shark is swimming very slowly near the surface, and the octopus is huddled on top.

This determined octopus wasn’t letting go without a fight! Watch as this wild ocean encounter unfolds—who will win this underwater standoff? 👀😲 Video ID: WGA635266 All the content on ...

Social media users, however, were quick to criticise the diver, alleging that he deserved the attack for disrupting the octopus' habitat. 'Good lesson taught, let's leave them in peace,' one ...

The rare sighting of an octopus riding on top of a shark was shared by scientists with the University of Auckland after it was captured off the coast of New Zealand.

"That's an octopus! Oh my god!" an observer exclaims Wednesday Davis/University of Auckland An octopus got to rest its many legs when it ended up aboard a mako shark for a leisurely ride.

Newly Explored Deep Sea Octopus Nursery Is Just the Third Ever ... Last year, for instance, there were only 47 unprovoked shark attacks and seven total deaths documented worldwide.

Researchers with the University of Auckland recently witnessed an extraordinary scene in which a mako shark appears to be providing taxi service for an octopus. The bizarre interaction ...

Their eyes weren’t deceiving them. An octopus was riding the shark. They nicknamed it the “sharktopus” and said it was one of the strangest things they had ever seen in the ocean.

The giant Pacific octopus grows bigger and lives longer than ... but have been known to attack and eat sharks as well as birds, using their sharp, beaklike mouths to puncture and tear flesh.