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Reuters: Unidentified Sea Creature Washes up in Chile
by Elonka at 10:31 am EDT, Jul 4, 2003 |
] Scientists have been boggled by the 40-foot-long mass of
] gray, gelatinous flesh that was first spotted over a week
] ago near Puerto Montt, about 600 miles south of the
] capital, Santiago.
]
] Whale conservationists went to see it last Sunday,
] thinking it was a beached whale, but quickly concluded it
] was an invertebrate, appealing to international experts
] for help. Whale, giant octopus, squid, or something new? |
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RE: Reuters: Unidentified Sea Creature Washes up in Chile
by Lost at 1:21 am EDT, Jul 5, 2003 |
Elonka wrote:
] ] Scientists have been boggled by the 40-foot-long mass of
] ] gray, gelatinous flesh that was first spotted over a week
] ] ago near Puerto Montt, about 600 miles south of the
] ] capital, Santiago.
] ]
] ] Whale conservationists went to see it last Sunday,
] ] thinking it was a beached whale, but quickly concluded it
] ] was an invertebrate, appealing to international experts
] ] for help.
]
] Whale, giant octopus, squid, or something new? http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/07/04/chile.creature.reut/index.html More pics and a recap. They have samples. |
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RE: Reuters: Unidentified Sea Creature Washes up in Chile
by Elonka at 5:11 pm EDT, Aug 22, 2003 |
Jello wrote:
] Elonka wrote:
] ] ] Scientists have been boggled by the 40-foot-long mass of
] ] ] gray, gelatinous flesh that was first spotted over a week
] ] ] ago near Puerto Montt, about 600 miles south of the
] ] ] capital, Santiago.
] ] ]
] ] ] Whale conservationists went to see it last Sunday,
] ] ] thinking it was a beached whale, but quickly concluded it
] ] ] was an invertebrate, appealing to international experts
] ] ] for help.
] ]
] ] Whale, giant octopus, squid, or something new?
]
] http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/07/04/chile.creature.reut
] /index.html
]
] More pics and a recap. They have samples. Update: Turned out to be a sperm whale carcass. More info here: http://tierramerica.net/2003/0714/iacentos.shtml |
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Reuters: Unidentified Sea Creature Washes up in Chile
by wilpig at 10:34 am EDT, Jul 4, 2003 |
] Scientists have been boggled by the 40-foot-long mass of
] gray, gelatinous flesh that was first spotted over a week
] ago near Puerto Montt, about 600 miles south of the
] capital, Santiago.
]
] Whale conservationists went to see it last Sunday,
] thinking it was a beached whale, but quickly concluded it
] was an invertebrate, appealing to international experts
] for help. Looks pretty nasty |
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