Alaskan Blob Is an Algae Bloom

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Alaskan Blob Is an Algae Bloom

Posted by timothy on Monday July 20, 2009 @02:11AM from the no-sixes-here-just-a-couple-of-nines dept.

Bryan Gividen writes "Time.com is running a story on the previously unidentified blob floating off of the coast of Alaska. The article states that the blob is an algae bloom — far less sinister (or exciting) than any The Thing or The Blob comparison that was jokingly made. From the article: '"It's sort of like a swimming pool that hasn't been cleaned in a while." The blob, Konar said, is a microalgae made up of 'billions and billions of individuals.'"

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Billions and billions... by thisnamestoolong · 2009-07-20 02:18 · Score: 5, Funny

The blob, Konar said, is a microalgae made up of 'billions and billions of individuals.'"
Am I the only one who could not help but hear that quote in Carl Sagan's voice?

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1. Re:Billions and billions... by An+ominous+Cow+art · 2009-07-20 06:13 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  a paleontologist, a geologist, an astrophysicist, an archaeologist
  walk into a bar...
so... by gEvil+(beta) · 2009-07-20 02:19 · Score: 4, Funny

So, it is alive!

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1. Re:so... by Caledfwlch · 2009-07-20 03:03 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Sponge Blob!
  
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Ok, guys... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-20 02:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Whose turn was it to chlorine the ocean?
1. Re:Ok, guys... by vintagepc · 2009-07-20 02:23 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Remember the previous post? "... from the-real-reason-palin-resigned" dept?
  'nuff said.
  
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Alaksan Bob by Hanners1979 · 2009-07-20 02:22 · Score: 5, Funny

For some reason I initially read the headline as "Alaksan Bob", and assumed it was going to be about Sarah Palin's replacement.

Mind you, she probably can see this blob from her house...
1. Re:Alaksan Bob by JCSoRocks · 2009-07-20 03:10 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Actually she's planning on flying overhead in a chopper and shooting it. We she gets bored of that she'll probably upgrade to a flamethrower or a rocket launcher.
  
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2. Re:Alaksan Bob by je+ne+sais+quoi · 2009-07-20 04:29 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  We she gets bored of that she'll probably upgrade to a flamethrower or a rocket launcher.
  Yeah, and then when that doesn't work, she'll resign from blob shooting, claiming that it is a "superficial political blood sport" and "I know when it's time to pass the ball for victory."
  
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All right... by FlyingSquidStudios · 2009-07-20 02:22 · Score: 1, Funny

I, for one, welcome our new photosynthetic overlords.

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Re:my question is... by FlyingSquidStudios · 2009-07-20 02:28 · Score: 4, Funny

Love.

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Microalgae? by Hatta · 2009-07-20 02:32 · Score: 4, Funny

If that's microalgae, I'd hate to see macroalgae.

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Re:Great. Now let's find out ... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-20 02:33 · Score: 0, Funny

It would make us better because we would be driving SUVs and the blob won't even have a car!
I feel not only 'better', but much better each time I drive mine.
Miso Soup? by yogibaer · 2009-07-20 02:36 · Score: 2, Funny

... just add Tofu.
Whale Semen by Stu1706 · 2009-07-20 02:37 · Score: 5, Funny

It would have been way funnier if it turned out to be whale semen.
1. Re:Whale Semen by gestalt_n_pepper · 2009-07-20 03:02 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Thar she blows!
  
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Re:Great. Now let's find out ... by Philip+K+Dickhead · 2009-07-20 02:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Summer's here! The Algae's in bloom and love is in the air! Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

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siiiigh by PumpkinDog · 2009-07-20 02:57 · Score: 1, Funny

just when i thought my monday couldn't get any more boring :(
Re:Great. Now let's find out ... by A.+B3ttik · 2009-07-20 03:03 · Score: 4, Funny

... how we can turn this thing into something useful. Gasoline, maybe?
Nope. Can't do that. Leave it alone.

This Study was performed by an independent panel of researchers from Miskatonic University, peer-reviewed by a group of scientists from Innsmouth, Massachussettes.

Nothing to see here, folks, move along.
Re:Great. Now let's find out ... by Divide+By+Zero · 2009-07-20 03:36 · Score: 2, Funny

Harvest it for pearls, but beware the mindworms. They'll turn you crazier than Sister Miriam Godwinson.

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Re:Great. Now let's find out ... by Hatta · 2009-07-20 03:51 · Score: 2, Funny

Don't worry. Gohan will just lock Garlic in there again.

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Re:Alaskan Bob by Requiem18th · 2009-07-20 03:56 · Score: 2, Funny

Glad to see a smarter politician in charge for once :)

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send EATR after it... by Anonymous Coward · 2009-07-20 07:22 · Score: 1, Funny

they said it was a vegetarian, well heres their chance to prove it.
Re:Far less sinister? by bill_mcgonigle · 2009-07-20 08:55 · Score: 3, Funny

How do we know? Maybe The Blob was just a really angry algae bloom?
Algae is dumb, just like a simple neuron. It's not until you get billions and billions of neurons together... oh, wait.

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