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Triassic Giant Octopus Monster Thing

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Very cool. And it makes sense that octopuii (octopusses?) could be around that long and leave little trace.

Very very cool.
 

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WHAT?!?! That's way too cool. Thanks for sharing.

I wonder if they're still around. *goes to look up giant sea monsters*
 

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WHAT?!?! That's way too cool. Thanks for sharing.

I wonder if they're still around. *goes to look up giant sea monsters*

Kind of sweetly creepy too since there is that suggestion that the giant octopus was making a self-portrait. Or decorating its bower.
 

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No, I know, right?

I pictured it being a lonely bachelor, working on a jigsaw puzzle or a "found art" piece.
 

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No, I know, right?

I pictured it being a lonely bachelor, working on a jigsaw puzzle or a "found art" piece.

Or maybe he was the only thoughtful creature on the whole planet. No language. Nobody to talk to. Just Ichthysaurs to eat and seafloors to decorate.