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Deep Sea Monster Baffles Scientists

Posted by timothy on from the as-well-it-ought dept.

sbszine writes "The Sydney Morning Herald has a report of a bizarre sea creature that has washed up on the coast of Chile. The creature is grey, lumpy, and the size of a school bus. Scientists have ruled out the possibility that it may be a whale -- the creature is an invertebrate, and perhaps even a new species."

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  1. Fine journalism by GuyMannDude · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Photographs showed a round leathery substance like a mammoth jelly fish, about as long as a school bus.

    So show us the above mentioned photographs already! What the fuck kind of tease is this?

    GMD

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  2. Re:Amazing by Smidge204 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    (Presumably) being a sea creature, wouldn't bouyancy make supporting a large body mass something of a non-issue? A big bag of muscle can get around pretty good in a basically 0-gravity environment. (Giant squid!)

    Not to say that it's not an interesting find. :P but like most everyone else, I'd like some pics.
    =Smidge=