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Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans
- marojejian 6mo agoUp to 60ft long. this figure comparing body size estimates is fun: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea6285#F4 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea6285#F4 also, NPR story: https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/nx-s1-5793988/giant-octopus-kraken-cretaceous-size https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/nx-s1-5793988/giant-octopus-k...