KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -Originating in Scandinavian folklore, the kraken is usually depicted as an aggressive cephalopod-like creature capable of destroying entire ships and dragging sailors to their doom.

Detailed explanation-2: -There is, however, a giant squid capable of the feat. Enter the unsettling reality that is Architeuthis dux. The name is hard to pronounce, but its ethos is very simple–being the most dangerous predator in the ocean.

Detailed explanation-3: -Perseus kills Medusa to help him kill the Kraken. Perseus kills the Kraken using Medusa’s head.

Detailed explanation-4: -The great man-killing octopus entered French fiction when novelist Victor Hugo (1866) introduced the pieuvre octopus of Guernsey lore, which he identified with the kraken of legend. This led to Jules Verne’s depiction of the kraken, although Verne did not distinguish between squid and octopus.