THE KRAKEN — Myth, Monster, or Real Giant Squid?
Was the Kraken real? The answer will shock you.
For 500 years, sailors told stories of an island-sized sea monster that could drag ships to the bottom of the ocean. But the truth is even stranger than the legend. In this video, we debunk the biggest myths about the Kraken — it is not Greek, not Biblical, and not even in the Viking Eddas. We reveal the real animal behind the myth: the giant squid Architeuthis dux, which can reach 18 meters in length. We explore how a Norwegian bishop claimed the Kraken was 2.5 kilometers around, and why Carl Linnaeus — the father of modern biology — actually put the Kraken in his scientific encyclopedia before panicking and deleting it. Most importantly, we show the 2004 footage that proved the "myth" was actually just biology we had not caught up to yet. If you love sea monsters, mythology, or science that sounds like fiction, this is for you. Drop your answer to the question at the end — the first correct answer gets pinned! Subscribe for more myths that turned out to be real.
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