Hundreds of years ago, sailors were terrified by the Kraken, a dreadful sea monster capable of sinking ships and with a taste for human flesh. Today we know the legends of this monster were based on sightings of giant squids. Despite its enormous size (up to 18m), the giant squid is astoundingly elusive and much of its biology remains unknown.
Thus, shrouded in mystery, the very last of the legends to persist to this day.
A fantastic paper written by Rodrigo SALVADOR, and Barbara TOMOTANI discusses when the Kraken myth encounters science, and may be downloaded below. Delving into the domain of Kraken mythology the paper further explores the Kraken in all its legendary glory.
Over the centuries, many sea monster legends were born and forgotten; only a few have reached our days, the Kraken legend survives.
Kraken Offshore 