Scientists Uncover The Truth About 'Blob Monsters'

[matcom]

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ONE of the myths of the sea has been skewered by gene researchers, who say that huge "blobs" of weird tissue that have washed up on shorelines and sparked tales of sea monsters are in fact the remains of whales.

A 13-tonne lump of boneless tissue that came ashore at Los Muermos, Chile, in July last year ignited speculation that it could be the body of a new species of deep-sea giant octopus.

Alas, tests of fragments of its DNA prove that the tissue came from a sperm whale, say University of Southern Florida biologists.

The team also checked preserved samples from other blobs.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9939321%255E13762,00.html

[Ganja Ninja]

1. OK so how do they explain Rush Limbaugh?

The festering lump of blubber that wash up on the shore of south Florida.

[Nihil]

2. Ewww ... a 13-tonne blob of sperm ...

... whale?

"If I catch you doing that in the water again, you will be in trouble!"

:freak:

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. "Globsters" as they are known to "cryptozoologists"

glad to see this one debunked... now all we need to do is get someone to explains it V-E-R-Y S-L-O-W-L-Y to the cryptozoology community. It might be tough interrupting their quest for Bigfoot, Mapinguiri, or Loch Ness Monster "expeditions" but word of mouth should carry it through the community of small "scientists" who study fictional and mythical animals as if they were real.