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Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans

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Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago

Giant, fearsome octopuses may have once ruled the ancient seas, according to new research that flips the script on their evolutionary past.

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65-foot-long octopuses ruled ancient oceans

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Giant, kraken-like octopuses may have ruled the Cretaceous deep

Scientists just discovered a 60-foot-long, kraken-like octopus

The discovery, using novel techniques to analyze fossilized jaws, details how colossal octopuses hunted the Late Cretaceous depths, competing with apex predators.

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

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Giant, 60-foot octopuses were apex predators 100 million years ago, fossil discovery shows

Rare fossil finds show colossal octopuses were among the top ocean predators during the Cretaceous Period, according to a new study.

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'Gigantic' ancient octopus used jaws to crush prey and hunted alongside the dinosaurs 100M years ago: study

Octopuses' earliest relatives may have been gigantic predators hunting during the age of dinosaurs, according to new Hokkaido University research.

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Octopuses the Size of School Buses Dominated Prehistoric Oceans

A new study suggests 60-foot-long creatures resembling the mythical “kraken” were top marine predators millions of years ago.