Release the Kraken: 60-foot Octopuses Predators 100 Million Years Ago, Fossils Shows

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 post Release the Kraken: 60-foot Octopuses Predators 100 Million Years Ago, Fossils Shows appeared first on Good News Network.