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the Kraken, and its reign!” However, in reality, giant squid are not at the top of the food chain and are part of the healthy diet of the sperm whale. Juvenile giant squid are also preyed upon ...

Colossal squid were first scientifically described by zoologist Guy Robson in 1925 after a sperm whale washed up in the ... to know more about these large kraken-like species”—especially ...

Descriptions of the kraken suggest a compound of creatures and conditions at fanciful sizes, seeming to bear hallmarks of the giant squid, basking shark, sperm whale and crab. An 1801 drawing by ...

A sperm whale that washed up on the Oregon coast over the weekend died from a ship strike, according to samples taken from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The 40-foot male ...

Hal Whitehead, a marine biologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, says videos of sperm whale carcasses, like the one taken in Newfoundland this week, can help scientists figure out where to ...

HILTON HEAD — Trained professionals are working to keep a sperm whale comfortable before euthanizing it after the whale beached itself on the barrier island. The 31-foot, 20-ton sperm whale ...

Two of those five were also gray whales; the other three were a fin whale, a humpback whale and a sperm whale.