Still Waters Posted November 2, 2013 #1 Share Posted November 2, 2013 The idea of a kraken was originally proposed a couple of years ago at the meeting of the Geological Society of America by Mount Holyoke College paleontologist Mark McMenamin. Now he has returned to the annual meeting with what he believes is more evidence of the kraken, including what could be the tip of its tooth-like beak, another example of a potential kraken murder case, and the earliest-known fossil of a scavenger crustacean that is today among those found devouring whale carcasses in the ocean depths. http://news.discover...ence-131031.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanB Posted November 2, 2013 #2 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I can see it now: Kraken: The Body Found faux doc brought to you Discovery/Animal Planet. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-C Posted November 2, 2013 #3 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Well, if any ship can find it, it will be Carnival Cruise lines. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnderOTD Posted November 2, 2013 #4 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I can see it now: Kraken: The Body Found faux doc brought to you Discovery/Animal Planet. I wouldn't put it past them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four Winds Posted November 2, 2013 #5 Share Posted November 2, 2013 "The idea of a kraken was originally proposed a couple of years ago at the meeting of the Geological Society of America by Mount Holyoke College paleontologist Mark McMenamin." Just nit picking but should not that say something like the idea of finding evidence for a kraken in the fossil record.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skep B Posted November 2, 2013 #6 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I assumed the Kraken had been Giant Squid 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PersonFromPorlock Posted November 2, 2013 #7 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I suggested in an earlier thread on the subject that 'a squid as large as a ship' wasn't really that impossible back a thousand years ago, when fifty feet was a big ship. And then, as ships grew, the by-then-legendary squid grew with them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted November 3, 2013 #8 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Not sure if its true or not but some people say there's a few just of the East Coast of the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentHunter Posted November 4, 2013 #9 Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) The idea of a kraken was originally proposed a couple of years ago at the meeting of the Geological Society of America by Mount Holyoke College paleontologist Mark McMenamin. Now he has returned to the annual meeting with what he believes is more evidence of the kraken, including what could be the tip of its tooth-like beak, another example of a potential kraken murder case, and the earliest-known fossil of a scavenger crustacean that is today among those found devouring whale carcasses in the ocean depths. http://news.discover...ence-131031.htm Isnt it just an oversized squid or octopus? Bearing in mind the length of time we've been fishing in the north sea I would suspect the decline in fish stocks has something to do with why they rarely pass 14 metres these days. We're also a little warmer than the Middle Ages and maybe that impacts the levels of available squid food too. Edited November 4, 2013 by SilentHunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted November 4, 2013 #10 Share Posted November 4, 2013 The so called "St. Augustine Monster" (see Wikipedia) could have been a good candidate, the remains of which were originally thought to be a 100' long unknown octopus species that washed ashore in Florida. Unfortunately for cryptozoologists it turned out to be a huge mass of whale blubber. "Release the blubber!" just doesn't have the same ring to it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted November 4, 2013 #11 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I can see it now: Kraken: The Body Found faux doc brought to you Discovery/Animal Planet. I guess real animals and their lives are just too boring now for Animal Planet. They recently did a "mockumentary" on Megaladon supposedly still roaming our oceans, but as we all know it died out when it ate the last of its principal food source: mermaids. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatBeliever Posted November 4, 2013 #12 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Tot they already found out it was the giant squid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeGelatin Posted November 4, 2013 #13 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I wouldn't doubt it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Sherlock Posted November 4, 2013 #14 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Kraken = I wish.. I'd make it mah pet! Then send everyone to Davy Jone's Locker!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtimeh Posted November 4, 2013 #15 Share Posted November 4, 2013 The Kraken was around during the greek mythology time period and killed by Percius's hand, if I remember correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaneSilvermoon Posted November 5, 2013 #16 Share Posted November 5, 2013 (edited) I'm sure there was something similar to the Kraken legends around 50 million years ago. Cephalopods leave little behind to fill in the fossil record. It's amazing enough that we find the few skeletons of vertabrates that we do, let alone a soft bodied animal. To the article though. This was posted on here years ago. I guess the possible beak makes it news again? Edited November 5, 2013 by BaneSilvermoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooky88 Posted November 6, 2013 #17 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Would the squids quill get fossilised? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dada Posted January 1, 2014 #18 Share Posted January 1, 2014 This is a nice succinct history of Sea Monsters: And a cryptozoologist describes the Kraken: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissJatti Posted February 19, 2014 #19 Share Posted February 19, 2014 the kracken is so real, as real as the story of bootstrap's bootstrap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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