A team of investigators is proposing that an enormous, Kraken-like marine invertebrate may have roamed our planet's oceans between 250 and 200 million years ago. While no direct evidence of the creatures exists, they may have left behind gruesome, tell-tale signs of their presence.
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11 October 2011
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Scientists have always thought it was funny how a single creature could by itself force science to reconsider established knowledge. In the most recent such instance, investigators determined that the small fossil called Nectocaris pteryx – formerly classified as a shrimp with a chordate tail – was none o... |
27 May 2010
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Marine biologists from the Taiwan National Academy of Science in Taipei have been finally able to end a century-old dispute recently, when they have managed to establish for a fact that all cephalopods, including squids, octopuses, cuttlefish and nautiluses, can hear sounds underwater. The debate was sparked by the f... |
15 June 2009
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As opposed to other cephalopods, the Chambered Nautilus has a relatively small brain and according to a new experiment it may have a simple memory as well, just enough to remember a particular event that took place several hours back, such as a flash of light that is associated with food."We were quite surprised to s... |
2 June 2008
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