Churches captured a video of the shocking incident. In the clip, the mako shark surges out of the water and lands on its side on the boat before righting itself and resting with its mouth open.

The octopus in question was no lightweight. It was a Māori octopus, the largest octopus species in the Southern Hemisphere.

The first mako Grey got on the line was a 258-pounder ... as we hauled yet another blue shark to the side of the boat, I finally took note of the obvious. “It seems like all the blue sharks ...

Shark researchers at Australia's University of Auckland were surprised recently to see an orange octopus perched atop a mako shark. They sent up their drone and captured a delightful if mystifying ...