A monstrously huge creature that washed ashore on a remote Indonesian beach, oozing a mysterious red fluid, is probably a baleen whale in an advanced state of decomposition, experts said.
The Jakarta Globe calls the massive, rotting body a giant squid, and reports that a resident of Seram Island discovered the 49-foot dead creature on Tuesday.
But three marine experts told HuffPost that the animal actually appears to be some sort of baleen whale.
Additional coverage: Jakarta Globe (earlier story), Tech Times, RT (sponsored by Russian government), Jakarta Globe, Voice of America (U.S. government), USA Today, Mashable, news.com.au (News Corp), The Washington Post
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(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday May 18 2017, @05:53PM (1 child)
But, why did the whale die? Was it forced to surface too quickly by Navy sonar blasts, got the bends and died? Was it infected by prototype bio-weapons? Did Aliens attempt to recontact the whales and fail with their brain-link?
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(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday May 18 2017, @06:10PM
The restaurant didn't have a big enough doggie bag, after Godzilla got full.