Kraken-Like Octopus Up to the Size of a 5-Story Building Stalked the Oceans 100 Million Years Ago
Large apex predators dominated the waters of the Late Cretaceous Period — think giant reptiles, such as plesiosaurs and mosasaurs, and kraken-like octopuses as long as a five-story building. The latter included Nanaimoteuthis jeletzkyi and Nanaimoteuthis haggarti, some of which may have reached breath-taking lengths of almost 62 feet (19 meters) and feasted upon reptiles,…
