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Merge Article

To see my reasons, see Talk:Kraken

I think an article like this should distinguish the reported monster "lusca" from the purported cause "a gigantic octopus". They are distinct and even if the latter exists it may have nothing to do with the former. Tullimonstrum 19:17, 29 June 2006 (UTC) so I have set up a seperate page for "gigantic octopus"[reply]

Where has been the debate about whether the "lusca" and the "kraken" were the same thing? 138.251.202.78 23:55, 7 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I know this may sound stupid to some people, but i think this 'thing' in this picture may be a baby giant squid. It looks kinda like 1. Either that or the fool that took this picture photoshopped it or made it fake.--71.253.97.210 02:45, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lusca e cartierul Nasaudului

Merge

Merge Lusca with Globster and/or St. Augustine Monster. all talk about the same damn picture, no idea why we have 3 articles on the same image. 72.199.100.223 (talk) 15:41, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Who erased my sea creature article? It was totally relevant to giant octopuses — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.100.52 (talk) 23:08, 30 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I have read from this source http://www.newanimal.org/octopus.htm and it says that the holes in the bahamas where the lusca is reported from have very low amounts of oxygen and can only support single celled organisms like bacteria therefore discounting any possibility of there being a giant octopus living there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.83.100.52 (talk) 02:12, 1 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

possible symbiosis of sharks and octopodes

Specifically, a phoretic one. Of course, quite different than a shark/octopus hybrid; but maybe still germane if the topic is 'sighting of sharks apparently with tentacles'...not in the Caribbean, though.

https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/octopus-rides-shark-footage-of-sharktopus-stuns-scientists Arlo James Barnes 21:16, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

About a claim in the article

Regarding the following line; "To attack properly on the surface, the octopus would have to have one tentacle on the sea floor to balance itself; this would mean that such accounts, if real, would have to take place in relatively shallow water."

Wouldn't the potential octopus simply just climb and attach itself on the wall near enough the prey at the surface instead of having to balance with one tentacle at the bottom? It seems really weird that it would be dependant of the bottom if it is a giant octopus, as the shape of a blue hole is such that an animal like a giant octopus with long arms could, as said, just stick itself to the surrounding wall and catch the prey at the surface by extending a single arm. I therefore think the claim would need upport by a source as there didn't seem to be one in the article. - Okama-San (talk) 19:01, 5 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]