The Kraken's True Form
Jan 01, 2020
4 minutes
by Kathryn Hulick
illustrations by Gordy Wright
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The submersible dives down, deeper and deeper. The color of the surrounding water fades from blue green to rich blue and finally to gray-black. Suddenly, out of the blackness, a jellyfish covered with dancing lights appears.
It’s a lovely sight. But the people inside the bright yellow Triton submersible are not looking for small creatures, no matter how flashy. They have come to the Ogasawara islands of Japan on this summer day in 2012 to search for a massive beast.
Its eyes are each the same size as a human head. It grabs prey using eight long arms and two even longer feeding tentacles. With these tentacles
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