The Kraken Rises - by dr sea rotmann
Below the thunders of the upper deep;
Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides: above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumbered and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages and will lie
Battening upon huge sea-worms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
CRYPTOZOOLOGY
Bernard Heuvelmans
kraken mythology
Plate ca. 1544 depicting various sea monsters; compiled from the Carta Marina.
leviathan
"Destruction of Leviathan". 1865 engraving by Gustave Doré
thomas hobbes Leviathan cover (1651)
Leviathan, Ziz and Behemoth. Bible Illustration Ulm 1238
greeks, persians, phoenecians, sumerians
JAPANESE, PACIFIC
Richard Ellis: In search of the giant squid
TE WHEKE O MUTURANGI
FIRST MENTIONS
OF THE KRAKEN
Richard Ellis: In search of the giant squid
FIRST MENTIONS OF THE KRAKEN
Richard Ellis: In search of the giant squid
Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus of 1539 by Olaus Magnus
the norse kraken
SEARCH FOR THE
KRAKEN
Richard Ellis: In search of the giant squid
SIGHTINGS
SIGHTINGS
SIGHTINGS
Richard Ellis: In search of the giant squid
SIGHTINGS
Richard Ellis: In search of the giant squid
recent kraken sightings
thomas hobbes Leviathan cover (1651)
new zealand herald, steve o’shea
First live giant squid photographed tsunemi kubodera
colossal squid captured off antactica, 22 Feb 2007
colossal squid at te papa, wellington
http://youtu.be/p_z3oG2MAsM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoXK4229ZJo
EVOLUTION
kraken evolution
P z mayers scienceblogs.com
andrewgray.com
9 types
main featuresSame characteristics among Most Cephalopoda:
Carnivores
Live fast die young
Arms
Mantle
Beak and radula
Brain round oesophagus
Camera eyes
Blue blood
3 hearts
Gills
Funnel
Ink
Shell
Fins
Chromatophores
Only marine but everywhere in the sea
500m yo
kraken diversity
census of marine life
chameleons of the sea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b4tmbE5jj4
kraken glue
super mimicry
kraken sex
sperm wars
kraken intelligence?
pulpos: suava intelligencia
scienceblogs.com
http://projectfidgetyfingers.blogspot.com
http://projectfidgetyfingers.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP_dpbTbess
tool use
kraken behaviour
andrewgray.com
kraken human intelligence?
can they kill you?
andrewgray.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mvIm3Gyc7I
can they kill
you?
can they kill
you?
vampyroteuthis infernalis
adapted from claire nouvian ‘the deep’
kraken enemies
biggest kraken enemy?
kraken influencing popular culture
adapted from claire nouvian ‘the deep’
kraken in popular culture
are they taking over?

The Kraken Rises