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 snufu on Friday May 19 2017, @12:12AM (1 child)
In addition to bleeding a mysterious red fluid, the dead animal was mysteriously motionless. Scientists are confounded.
(Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Friday May 19 2017, @01:47PM
One Scientist was quoted as saying, "If it bleeds, we can kill it."