Weekes Head Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 "SANTIAGO, Chile, July 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamode Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Holy cow, I was going to post this, RD! I think this is fascinating stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyshrouds Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 WOW! That is amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nieuwy25 Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 I bet it smells as yummy as it looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'7' Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 it's a massive deformed octopus with tentacles that are completely webbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 So the French are experts in large blobs huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 it's a massive deformed octopus with tentacles that are completely webbed. They should send it to Detroit if that's the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHICO IS GOD Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Lol, the Red Wings will try to come out under it but it will fall on Hasek. So much for a comeback, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcoastdevfan Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 strange, very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 and it's lumpy? .... there's something just not right there... I better go to france!!!!!!!!!! DON'T WORRY!!!! I'M COMING!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDew Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 That is one helluva jelly fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarbingerOfSorrow Posted July 3, 2003 Share Posted July 3, 2003 Note to Chile: stop polluting the ocean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyshrouds Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 So, has anyone else heard anything about this...Like what it really is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarDew Posted July 7, 2003 Share Posted July 7, 2003 Early audition for yet another remake of The Blob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyshrouds Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Chilean scientists said on Friday their study of a huge blob of flesh found on a Pacific beach about three weeks ago concluded it was the carcass of a sperm whale, ending speculation of a giant octopus. Scientists have been baffled by the 40-foot-long mass of gelatinous tissue found on a remote beach in southern Chile, with initial hunches ranging from whale blubber to a disputed species of giant octopus. Researchers at the Museum of Natural History in Santiago were the first to reach a conclusion after analyzing samples of the decaying specimen and finding glands of a sperm whale. "It has not been necessary to do DNA analysis in order to obtain identification, it was enough to find the dermal glands that belong only to this group," the scientists Sergio Letelier and Jose Yanez said in a statement. The sperm whale, made famous by Herman Melville's Moby Dick, is the largest of the toothed whales and dives deeper than any other whale. The males measure up to 65 feet in length and weigh about 50 tons. When a sperm whale dies at sea, it rots until it becomes a "skeleton suspended in a semi-liquid mass within a bag of skin and blubber," the scientists said. Eventually, the skin tears and the bones sinks while the skin and blubber float. "This washes up and has the appearance of an octopus because the spermaceti organ keeps its bulky shape," they added. The spermaceti is a large bulbous organ that forms a sort of forehead and contains a milky wax which early whalers likened to sperm fluid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammyk Posted July 11, 2003 Share Posted July 11, 2003 Hehe, and here I thought they blew it up with air to see what shape it would take! EDIT: Crap, it happened again...my comment went to the next page! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zamode Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 These top notch scientists couldn't decipher whale blob? Nevermind the comment I was going to make.... Bad timing again, sammy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nieuwy25 Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 When a sperm whale dies at sea, it rots until it becomes a "skeleton suspended in a semi-liquid mass within a bag of skin and blubber," the scientists said. Now that's just gross! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimi_R Posted July 12, 2003 Share Posted July 12, 2003 mmm dats good eats :wave: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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