{"id":624105,"date":"2026-04-23T21:09:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624105\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:09:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:09:12","slug":"meet-the-19-metre-octopus-that-may-have-prowled-ancient-seas-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624105\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 19 metre octopus that may have prowled ancient seas &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1ZQ3BEWTVBMlFBNFB4Rld3LWh4b2RtVEFiei1ZbWFyOHY0UXZkLWxPaXJ6N3FrOW5STUcySUZ0Y1BwSzBJbUFXbFlwZ2RWN0I1SkZWa1otLWpWdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meet the 19 metre octopus that may have prowled ancient seas<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNOXV3bTRLT0tUVTNxdV9tUl93SnlBd1RDNDAyVjZWNi11UGVQODZFZDF4dlh3bXRGTzluSnF6VnlSN2NqS1ZGU0w4U1dObkZIMmkwZmtjMlFBTmhZT1dsdm1CX2E3WlR6VkhMbVViWkZkSmp1d1NBNWZLX2pOVEhnU2hyZEJFU0ZfVE1JUE1idmlhS0U2VFZyYkdXUXh4a3dxOE44?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Kraken-like\u2019 giant octopuses 100m years ago crunched bones of prey<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE1DLWZHQmwzUUV4WVo3ZmduUHBGUFlfck1rWUxVOElRUlJDOHIzRHFlRUFmQ2dqWUotMGVBeURsbXY0bXdXSTQ3NHFIcktGYk1LeUZxWXhfYnJ0Skx4djFucVQxWXpZNmhmRnduY2tqNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Earliest octopuses were Kraken-like sea monsters, fossils show | CBC News<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxQeGNERE9RLWpSZ3lmdEJkYjYtOTc2eHJER1lzWUlOZDVyTUlOdF93dTNEY21kdnllaEVoREVLaHMwaFNINzVEcUlZWGZXN2pNYzdGREdlcEw4bWRneUsxTkZOMGo0V2tvRkxISHQxQzhpVVRkaDBibl8xd08wLUxLWkxSYl9zdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fossil discovery reveals \u2018hidden\u2019 apex predator that rivaled marine reptiles 100 million years ago<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxQRl9tQ3dyaUVjRVl3VWdZX3JGUVVzSlVramRWdWJ1alNhS2tkUGhPeVlha0ZLaTdWaXdzUVdqYXNMQVFDU25BX3BPRjVjY2s1MHE3elV2ZkE4U29SYmJ3WmpoYzlzOTNxVjViZFg3aVY3T08xRGVZVy1xMEtfbFpVb1ZrU0xIa3FUQmNMdXRMbEpWMG0tQWxiZHdmcTJxSVBPaXk4TUNIa09mVTlkRG92MWJyWXNhcE56dHRXVkd3d3NEUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A massive kraken-like octopus may have prowled the seas during the age of dinosaurs<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meet the 19 metre octopus that may have prowled ancient seas&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC\u2018Kraken-like\u2019 giant octopuses 100m years ago crunched bones&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-624105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}