Scientists discover that giant octopuses were top predators of ancient oceans

Mongabay
Aug 4, 2026, 2:36 pm67 ptsTrending
Finned octopus species alive today are all small, deep-sea animals that mostly live in pitch-black darkness thousands of meters beneath the surface of the sea. But a new discovery by a team of researchers in Japan, published in April 2026, found that the ancient octopus relatives were likely gigantic predators…

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