Ancient Giant Octopuses Unearthed in Cretaceous Seas

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Scientists drop evidence of colossal octopuses from 100 million years ago in the Lake

Cretaceous Oceans, rivaling the biggest.

Predators like Mosasors and Sharks, these ancient beasts could stretch up to 60 feet long,

making them the largest invertebrates ever found, bigger than today's giant Pacific

Octopus.

In Japan, sliced open ancient seafloor rocks, called concretions, and used a slick digital

technique with AI to rebuild hidden fossils.

Inside.

What they uncovered were tough octopus jaws, the only hard parts that survive from these

mostly soft-bodied giants.

Experts are blown away because octopus fossils are super rare due to all that squishy

tissue.

One zoologist called it, proof of massive octopuses we never expected, panning a wild

picture of a predator-packed sea.

Monster looks at the jaws, show chips and scratches from crunching shrimp, lobsters,

and hard-shelled prey.

The right side wore down more than the left, hinting at early smarts in one-sided habits,

like modern octopuses.

These finds light up how intelligent, flexible hunters evolved way back, filling those ancient

oceans with majestic monsters that tore apart there.

Meals.