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Originating in Scandinavian folklore and waters, the kraken is a giant cephalopod (...) Because of its huge size --- according to some legends, it measures one mile long --- it has been mistaken for an island, and its ubiquitous tentacles can reach skyward to ships’ mast tops. (...) Through an impressive whirlpool it geneates known as the Skagarag, it can suck fishermen and their vessel into the ocean’s depths.

squid versorgt mich aufregenden Informationen aus der Tiefsee (*beware the kraken of the deep*, schöner Titel): *Originating in Scandinavian folklore and waters, the kraken is a giant cephalopod (...) Because of its huge size --- according to some legends, it measures one mile long --- it has been mistaken for an island, and its ubiquitous tentacles can reach skyward to ships’ mast tops. (...) Through an impressive whirlpool it geneates known as the Skagarag, it can suck fishermen and their vessel into the ocean’s depths.*