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Everyone is excited about the mysterious "blob" washed up on a Chilean beach
Some scientists say descriptions of the Chilean find, announced by the Centro de Conservacion Cetacea in Santiago, are strikingly similar to a specimen that washed up on a St. Augustine beach in 1896 and may be a giant octopus. Other scientists say it's probably just part of a dead whale. They say the existence of a giant octopus has never been scientifically proven. Source
"The best bet is that the grey goo is the remains of a giant squid," reported the Mail. "But some experts think the 40ft splodge of decaying flesh may be an entirely new species. Or, the paper suggests, "the last BBC reporter who crossed Alastair Campbell".
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Everyone is excited about the mysterious "blob" washed up on a Chilean beach
Some scientists say descriptions of the Chilean find, announced by the Centro de Conservacion Cetacea in Santiago, are strikingly similar to a specimen that washed up on a St. Augustine beach in 1896 and may be a giant octopus. Other scientists say it's probably just part of a dead whale. They say the existence of a giant octopus has never been scientifically proven. Source
"The best bet is that the grey goo is the remains of a giant squid," reported the Mail. "But some experts think the 40ft splodge of decaying flesh may be an entirely new species. Or, the paper suggests, "the last BBC reporter who crossed Alastair Campbell".
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