Scientists in Australia think that a sea monster in 13th-century Norse manuscripts was actually an accurate description of a whale using trap feeding.
A sea creature mentioned in 13th-century Old Norse manuscripts, which historians thought was a kraken-like mythological monster, is actually a whale using a hunting strategy known as trap or tread-water feeding, a new study finds.
A clip of a Bryde's whale performing this tactic went viral on Instagram after featuring in a BBC documentary series in 2021. Marine biologists, archaeologists and medieval literature and language experts teamed up to investigate the similarities between the behavior of the medieval monster, named"hafgufa" in Old Norse manuscripts, and this whale feeding strategy. The study was published Tuesday in the journal Marine Mammal Science .
"The tendency is to dismiss medieval accounts of the natural world as misinformed and inaccurate," McCarthy said."In fact, although their framework of knowledge was quite different, they were able to give a precise description of this type of whale in the 13th century. It was later on, in the absence of being aware of this feeding phenomenon, that 18th century writers invented this sea creature and made these errors.
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