CBS News: 60-foot octopus prowled seas as apex predator during age of dinosaurs, fossilized jaws show
60-foot octopus prowled seas as apex predator during age of dinosaurs, fossilized jaws show
Octopuses' earliest relatives may have been gigantic predators hunting during the age of dinosaurs, according to new Hokkaido University research.
Los Angeles Times on MSN: A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs
The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been an octopus.
A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs
Reuters on MSN: 'Cretaceous kraken' prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The Kraken is a huge tentacled sea monster from Norse folklore that drags ships and sailors down into the deep. During the age of dinosaurs, new ...
CBC.ca on MSN: Monstrous octopus terrorized seas off B.C. in Age of Dinosaurs, study suggests
Whale-sized, monstrous octopuses prowled the seas during the Age of Dinosaurs, snatching prey with their huge tentacles and crunching them with powerful jaws, fossils from B.C. and Japan suggest.
Monstrous octopus terrorized seas off B.C. in Age of Dinosaurs, study suggests
A giant octopus, likened to a mythical creature said to be capable of dragging ships to their doom, roamed the seas during the age of the dinosaurs, according to researchers.
The discovery, based on novel techniques to analyse fossilised beaks, details how colossal octopuses prowled the depths during the age of dinosaurs.