<![CDATA[This story is amazing.]]>This story is amazing.

Giant octopuses of the Cretaceous were up to 19 meters (60 feet) long.

They were the apex ocean predators of their day, eating up plesiosaurs and mosasaurs.

And they were apparently quite intelligent.

Sorry we missed you!

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea6285

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bamboombibbitybop/statuses/116457205476251777https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/bamboombibbitybop/statuses/116457205476251777Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:58:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This story is amazing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:42:02 GMT]]>@coreyspowell Reasons for skepticism:
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/04/23/im-not-the-only-one-easily-seduced-by-giant-cretaceous-octopuses/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/bstacey/statuses/116456903287487931https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://icosahedron.website/users/bstacey/statuses/116456903287487931Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:42:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This story is amazing. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:16:33 GMT]]>@coreyspowell Just casually eating plesiosaurs and mosasaurs. Nature is metal.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/chrisp/statuses/116456803125108985https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cyberplace.social/users/chrisp/statuses/116456803125108985Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:16:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This story is amazing. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:37:02 GMT]]>@coreyspowell now I want a story of an obsessed, time-traveling sperm whale who’s after “the big one” (grin)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/CrazyMooseThing/statuses/116456647734021766https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/CrazyMooseThing/statuses/116456647734021766Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:37:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This story is amazing. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:34:26 GMT]]>@coreyspowell adios y gracias por las pescas

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/autolycos/statuses/116456637485181872https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/autolycos/statuses/116456637485181872Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:34:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This story is amazing. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:02:08 GMT]]>@coreyspowell

Shelby Van Pelt's book, Remarkably Bright Creatures, was a delightful read.

https://shelbyvanpelt.com/books/remarkably-bright-creatures/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PostcardsFromParadise/statuses/116456510464600722https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/PostcardsFromParadise/statuses/116456510464600722Thu, 23 Apr 2026 23:02:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This story is amazing. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:46:54 GMT]]>@coreyspowell

And yet, no neocortex. It's Magic!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lemgandi/statuses/116455978699754596https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lemgandi/statuses/116455978699754596Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:46:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to This story is amazing. on Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:42:05 GMT]]>@coreyspowell

It’s things like this that make me believe that somewhere in the primitive animal mind is a memory of these terrors.

At least is fun to frame it that way

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116455959780102640https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116455959780102640Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:42:05 GMT