The Kraken, the Loch Ness monster, The Hydra, Leviathan - no one has seen these underwater monsters in real life, but we all know how huge they are. But similar creatures are more than real! There are weird and unusually big sea spiders, squid, worms, and many other animals that grew way more than we’d expected. Take a look at the colossal squid from subantarctic waters, around 14 times longer than the regular arrow squid. And deep down in the Pacific Ocean, there’s a sea sponge as big as a minivan.

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