{"id":624195,"date":"2026-04-23T22:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624195\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T22:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:04:10","slug":"kraken-like-giant-octopuses-ruled-oceans-100-million-years-ago-oc-today-dispatch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/624195\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Kraken-like\u2019 giant octopuses ruled oceans 100 million years ago &#8211; OC Today-Dispatch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7wFBVV95cUxNWWMxOElwX1BYMlJyVWdmY0p0QUhDMFNYaXloMmxCMWFnOTdxdnlyazRBZFVQWmFIamkwVDFXbWVUS00yWkZYMjR6bnYzeWd6b1FFTF9CalY3Y1NINGpFLXZCN1hIZU1MbFYzb2RTbVNweG03el9IZWh6QTVxS0lfV01FZGZvWkxPVkI1Y2Nqbk5RVTAzM25ZXy1OUUtrN29YQVNDWTlxYXl1alhndFRocVdMOGtla3AwQXdZWUczT29Kek84aEdqenprYmlfZ0FnUGV5YkxSVDZHRVBOUUZhV2o1eTBNLWUyYXdnRjNhNA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Kraken-like\u2019 giant octopuses ruled oceans 100 million years ago<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;OC Today-Dispatch<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\">Monstrous octopus terrorized seas off B.C. in Age of Dinosaurs, study suggests<\/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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Kraken-like\u2019 giant octopuses ruled oceans 100 million years ago&nbsp;&nbsp;OC Today-DispatchMeet the 19 metre octopus that may have prowled&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":624196,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,2668,66,23441],"class_list":["post-624195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-homepage","tag-science","tag-stephen-beech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624195","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=624195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/624196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}