*Ø* Blogmanac | Speculation about Chilean Beach "blob" over
"Chilean scientists have made a positive identification of the gelatinous carcass of a sea creature that washed up on a beach around three weeks ago.
"A DNA analysis was not required for final identification after dermal glands in samples that belong only to sperm whales, the largest toothed whale, and the deepest diver of all whale species.
"As the carcass of a sperm whale decomposes, it literally becomes a "skeleton suspended in a semi-liquid mass within a bag of skin and blubber" that mass eventually splits and the skeleton sinks leaving only the blubber and skin afloat."
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"Chilean scientists have made a positive identification of the gelatinous carcass of a sea creature that washed up on a beach around three weeks ago.
"A DNA analysis was not required for final identification after dermal glands in samples that belong only to sperm whales, the largest toothed whale, and the deepest diver of all whale species.
"As the carcass of a sperm whale decomposes, it literally becomes a "skeleton suspended in a semi-liquid mass within a bag of skin and blubber" that mass eventually splits and the skeleton sinks leaving only the blubber and skin afloat."
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