Hey! Ahab!
Chilean scientists said today their study of a huge blob of flesh found on a Pacific beach about three weeks ago concluded it was the carcass of a sperm whale, ending speculation of a giant octopus.
Scientists had been baffled by the 12-metre-long mass of gelatinous tissue found on a remote beach in southern Chile, with initial hunches ranging from whale blubber to a disputed species of giant octopus.
The Age (AU) July 12 2003
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Marlin Spears Whale Expert Near Maui; Entire Incident Videotaped
Neural Net-Driven Robot Submarines Eyed to Patrol US Waters; 'Could be Trained to Recognize Anything'
Experts Plan Mussel 'Matchmaking'; Isolated Individuals to be Put on River Bed to Encourage 'Group Sex'
Seven Indonesian fishermen suffer stinky suffocation after entering tank filled with 'highly toxic rotting fish'
Cambodian electric fisherman killed by electric rat trap
Deep-sea methane theory gets frosty response; 'hydrate gun' shot full of holes
After uproar, South African aquarium agrees to return town's favorite stringray to harbor
'Well Preserved' 2,200-yr-old Fish Found in Ancient Chinese Grave
Epileptic Australia to Peru rower rescued after running out of food, water; no progress after 72 days at sea
Legendary German Film-Maker Werner Herzog to Take on the Loch Ness Monster
