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‘Kraken-like’ giant octopuses 100m years ago crunched bones of prey

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  • New fossils show giant cephalopods reached about 19 meters, rivaling the era’s top marine predators.
  • Wear on the jaws indicates heavy use crushing hard prey, implying bone-crushing predation by these octopuses.
  • Two valid octopus species were found, Nanaimoteuthis jeletzkyi and N. haggarti, with the latter likely larger.

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Real-life KRAKEN: Giant octopuses roamed oceans 72 million years ago

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Real-life KRAKEN: Giant octopuses roamed oceans 72 million years ago

Meet the 19 metre octopus that may have prowled ancient seas

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Meet the 19 metre octopus that may have prowled ancient seas

Meet the 19 metre octopus that may have prowled ancient seas

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Meet the 19 metre octopus that may have prowled ancient seas

62-foot ‘kraken-like’ octopus identified as ‘top-tier predator’ 100M years ago — with powerful, bone-crushing bite: scientists

https://nypost.com/2026/04/23/science/62-foot-octopus-ruled-the-seas-ate-jurassic-world-dino-study/Nypost.com
62-foot ‘kraken-like’ octopus identified as ‘top-tier predator’ 100M years ago — with powerful, bone-crushing bite: scientists

'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean

https://www.livescience.com/animals/octopuses/kraken-octopus-that-lived-at-the-time-of-the-dinosaurs-was-a-62-foot-long-apex-predator-of-the-oceanLivescience.com
'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean

Giant, Kraken-Like Octopuses Once Stalked Their Prey in Cretaceous Seas

https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-kraken-like-octopuses-once-stalked-their-prey-in-cretaceous-seasSciencealert.com
Giant, Kraken-Like Octopuses Once Stalked Their Prey in Cretaceous Seas

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