Earliest octopuses were giant top predators in Cretaceous oceans

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• marojejian 13 hours ago

  Up to 60ft long.

  this figure comparing body size estimates is fun:

  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-k...