The kraken: a giant squid or octopus of myth, seems to have swam in the Cretaceous oceans, a Japanese study shows. The kraken: a giant squid or octopus of myth, seems to have swam in the Cretaceous oceans, a Japanese study shows. Recovering a selection of truly revolutionary fossils from sediments in Japan and Vancouver Island, the researchers present a prehistor... [3384 chars]