# @nytimes on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@nytimes/video/7485468245546290474
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/27881380-nytimes-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/caee24436a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-03-24T20:00:23.000+00:00

## Caption

In 2023, researchers in New Zealand caught the rare sight of a Maori octopus hitching a ride on top of a mako shark’s head. “It makes no sense that these two animals should be at the same place and time to encounter each other,” a marine ecologist said. Read more at the link in our bio. #Octopus #MakoShark #NewZealand

## Stats

- **Views:** 218,500
- **Likes:** 6,502
- **Shares:** 722
- **Comments:** 82

## Tags

newzealand, makoshark, octopus

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