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

The finned octopus lived alongside T. rex and may have been one of the top predators in the ancient ocean food chain.
ZME Science

Paleontologists Discover 62-foot Kraken-like Octopus That Ruled the Cretaceous Ocean

“These findings revise the view of the Cretaceous ocean as a world dominated only by large vertebrate predators,” study ...

'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 ...

Giant Octopus Fossil Ranks Among Largest Invertebrates Ever Discovered, Scientists Say

The discovery challenges a 370-million-year-old assumption that only vertebrates could be top ocean predators.
Popular Science

Hawaii’s short-finned pilot whales eat over 77,000 squid a year

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Short-finned pilot whale "Haitang" to be released into ocean within May in Sanya

Worker from Sanya Haichang Animal Conservation Center feeds the short-finned pilot whale "Haitang" in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, May 15, 2024. The recently rescued short-finned pilot whale ...