March
02
/ 2023
A team of Australian researchers has come up with an intriguing theory about a gigantic sea creature referenced in 13th century Norse manuscripts. Known as the Hafgufa in Norway, this huge sea monster has long been associated with a mythological monster known as the Kraken, and it was therefore dismissed as legend despite the testimony of medieval fishermen and sailors who’d claimed to have seen it. But the Australian researchers have dismissed this dismissal, claiming that what people were actually seeing was a large whale, which was using a unique hunting strategy that allowed it to capture and consume whole schools of fish at one time, making it look like an insatiable sea monster. The idea that the Hafgufa might
