Hope • April 27, 2026
Release the Kraken: 60-foot Octopuses Predators 100 Million Years Ago, Fossils Shows
Originally published on Good News Network

The kraken: a giant squid or octopus of myth, seems to have swam in the Cretaceous oceans, a Japanese study shows. Recovering a selection of truly revolutionary fossils from sediments in Japan and Vancouver Island, the researchers present a prehistoric octopus that could grow as long as 60 feet, and use its powerful jaws to
The kraken: a giant squid or octopus of myth, seems to have swam in the Cretaceous oceans, a Japanese study shows. Recovering a selection of truly revolutionary fossils from sediments in Japan and Vancouver Island, the researchers present a prehistoric octopus that could grow as long as 60 feet, and use its powerful jaws to
Originally published on Good News Network.
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