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yuiyoshida

(41,759 posts)
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 03:27 AM Jun 2014

Did the Kraken exist after all?

Did the Kraken exist after all? Fossils revive idea of ancient sea monster that turned its prey's bones into works of ART



As the story goes, the mythical Kraken was an ancient tentacled sea monster that ate whales and devoured entire ships.

In 2011 researchers found the remains of a marine lizard that had been arranged in a strange pattern by what they claimed was a giant Kraken-style octopus playing with its food.

These claims were widely criticised, but now new fossils discovered by the same researchers add further weight to the theory that the Kraken not only existed, but that he used his prey's bones as art

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2483582/Sea-monster-100ft-Kraken-exists-claims-scientist-Mark-McMenamin.html#ixzz35dLEs9nK
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http://www.livescience.com/16470-kraken-sea-monster-lair-discovered.html

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Did the Kraken exist after all? (Original Post) yuiyoshida Jun 2014 OP
i am sorry allI can think about now hollysmom Jun 2014 #1
They love to play, like opening jars to get food jakeXT Jun 2014 #2
Maybe like a bowerbird, a display to attract a mate? hunter Jun 2014 #3
and we think we are so smart and so special! n/t hollysmom Jun 2014 #4
Greatest evil line ever... Javaman Jun 2014 #5

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)
1. i am sorry allI can think about now
Wed Jun 25, 2014, 03:51 AM
Jun 2014

Is Artist or Silly child playing with it's food? that is the question!!

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