A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous

A sketch of the giant octopus.

Researchers discovered evidence of enormous Kraken-like creatures who hunted in the seas some 100 million years ago, competing with large apex predators.

(Image credit: Yohei Utsuki/Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University)



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