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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. Climate change causing this? by Arthur+Dent · · Score: 4, Interesting
    I wonder if the changing climate is responsible for driving these creatures away from their normal habitats. First a giant squid, now a giant 'thing'?

    I wonder how many new species we will see before and after the earth slides into an ice age?