Big blob baffles scientists
The 12 meter wide remains of a sea creature, initially thought to be a whale, is baffling marine biologists. It was first discovered by the Chilean navy, and is now attracting a lot of international attention. It appears to lack a backbone, and nobody can remember having seen anything like it.
“We don’t know if it might be a giant squid that is missing some of its parts or maybe it’s a new species,” Elsa Cabrera, a marine biologist and director of the Centre for Cetacean Conservation in Santiago, told Reuters news agency.
The mystery creature is currently stinking up the area, but I expect UFO nuts, conspiracy theorists and creationists to soon draw up a few stinking theories of their own.
Update: A number of scientists are now thinking the ‘Chilean blob’ may be of an Octopus giganteus, a giant octopus not seen since 1896, when scientists took samples, since lost, and photographed it. New samples are now being sent to DNA testing to solve the mystery.