While modern finned octopuses are small deep-sea creatures, their Cretaceous ancestors were giant apex predators. "It may have been among the largest invertebrates ever known.” Fossil analysis reveals species reaching up to 61 feet long that hunted hard-bodied prey alongside prehistoric sharks.
Scientists discover that giant octopuses were top predators of ancient oceans
Finned octopus species alive today are all small, deep-sea animals that mostly live in pitch-black darkness thousands of meters beneath the surface of the sea. But a new discovery by a team of…
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