{"id":902010,"date":"2026-04-28T03:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/in-cretaceous-oceans-giant-kraken-like-octopuses-may-have-been-top-predators\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T03:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:25:09","slug":"in-cretaceous-oceans-giant-kraken-like-octopuses-may-have-been-top-predators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/28\/in-cretaceous-oceans-giant-kraken-like-octopuses-may-have-been-top-predators\/","title":{"rendered":"In Cretaceous Oceans, Giant \u2018Kraken-Like\u2019 Octopuses May Have Been Top Predators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Science &#038; Nature Massive, soft-bodied cephalopods up to 19 m (62 feet) long rivaled &#8212; and perhaps hunted &#8212; the ocean\u2019s fiercest reptiles in the Cretaceous period, according to new research led by Hokkaido University paleontologists.<br \/>\nThe post In Cretaceous Oceans, Giant \u2018Kraken-Like\u2019 Octopuses May Have Been Top Predators appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sci.news\/paleontology\/cretaceous-giant-octopuses-14723.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>News Staff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science &#038; Nature Massive, soft-bodied cephalopods up to 19 m (62 feet) long rivaled &#8212; and perhaps hunted &#8212; the ocean\u2019s fiercest reptiles in the Cretaceous period, according to new research led by Hokkaido University paleontologists. The post In Cretaceous Oceans, Giant \u2018Kraken-Like\u2019 Octopuses May Have Been Top Predators appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":902011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33997,2447,536],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-902010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cretaceous","category-oceans","category-science-nature"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}