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Giant octopuses were the ocean's apex predators

Giant octopuses were the ocean's apex predators 100 million years ago

Fossil jaws from the Late Cretaceous suggest that some of the earliest known octopuses were not modest, lurking hunters.

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

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This giant finned octopus ruled Cretaceous oceans as apex predator. It's a new species

A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs

NEW YORK (AP) — The top predator prowling the seas during the age of the dinosaurs 100 million years ago may have been the octopus.

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Meet the 19-metre octopus that prowled the ancient seas

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

Jaw fossils suggest a 60-foot octopus was the ‘kraken’ of the Cretaceous

They found that N. haggarti stretched to about 60 feet long, longer than a city bus and surpassing the largest known giant squid by nearly 20 feet.

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

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