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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. It's been identified by ewhenn · · Score: 0, Troll

    A large jelly like invertebrate as large as a school bus. American scientists have concluded what really washed up on the shore is no other than Rosie O'Donnel [sp?]

  2. The obligatory: by TheLoneGundam · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's grey and lumpy because of a skin condition, you insensitive clod! Imagine a Beowulf blob of these! In Soviet Russia, grey blob finds you! It's SCO's intellectual property, you can't show it to anyone