Hokkaido University: Giant Octopuses May Have Ruled the Oceans 100 Million Years Ago
April 24, 2026
April 24, 2026
HOKKAIDO, Japan, April 24 -- Hokkaido University issued the following news release:
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Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago
Fossil evidence suggests that some of the earliest octopuses were enormous, powerful predators in the Cretaceous oceans
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Today's octopuses are intelligent, remarkably flexible animals that lurk in reefs, hide in crevices, or drift through the deep sea. But new research sugge . . .
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Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago
Fossil evidence suggests that some of the earliest octopuses were enormous, powerful predators in the Cretaceous oceans
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Today's octopuses are intelligent, remarkably flexible animals that lurk in reefs, hide in crevices, or drift through the deep sea. But new research sugge . . .