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Titolo: Blob del Cile

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Dayahoo news... Sembra che il blob appartenga ad un invertebrato.
SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Chileans who found a huge blob of flesh washed
up on a remote Pacific beach said on Thursday they would send samples of the
specimen to foreign scientists to sort out if it is a rare giant octopus or
part of a whale carcass.
Reuters
 Slideshow: Giant Sea Creature Baffles Scientists
Scientists have been boggled by the 40-foot-long mass of gray, gelatinous
flesh that was first spotted over a week ago near Puerto Montt, about 600
miles south of the capital, Santiago.
The specimen, which remains on the beach, looks like a huge lumpy piece of
slippery rubber in the shape of a squashed elephant.
Whale conservationists went to see it last Sunday, thinking it was a beached
whale, but quickly concluded it was an invertebrate, appealing to
international experts for help.
Since then, theories have emerged of a rare giant octopus that is feared by
fishermen in some parts as the "Bermuda Blob," while skeptics say it may be
a piece of whale blubber.
Italian and French zoologists have said the Chilean find matches the
description of a bizarre specimen found in Florida in 1896 that one
scientist at the time named as "octopus giganteus." Others have disputed his
conclusions.
"We are working on sending the samples to laboratories that have different
opinions on it," said Elsa Cabrera, director of the Center for Cetacean
Conservation.
Cabrera and her team have been flooded with calls from around the world by
people eager to know more about the "blob" or offering help. She plans to
send tissue samples next week to laboratories in the United States, France
and Italy.
"We're very pleased with the find because it has generated a huge amount of
interest internationally," she said.
DNA sequencing is the best bet for identifying the specimen, but underfunded
researchers in Chile said the samples taken so far were insufficient and new
ones were needed.
"This is a very important find for science. We need to get down there as
fast as possible so we don't lose the specimen," said Sergio Letelier, a
researcher at the Museum of Natural History in Santiago.
"But we don't even have money for the bus, let alone a plane fare. It's
pathetic," he added.

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qui ci sono delle foto migliori :
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20030630/giantblob.html#
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ho visto grazie teniamoci informati... E' il primo reperto di quel tipo che
verrà studiato attraverso il DNA da scienziati prestigiosi, non lo fù il
Blob di St Augustine nel 1896 e tanto meno quello della Tasmania del 1960 (i
due più grossi). Richard Ellis (celebre disegnatore e Biologo marino con
molti libri al suo attivo tra cui "mostri del mare") si dice convinto
dell'esistenza dell'octopus giganteus.

dell'esistenza dell'octopus giganteus.
magari somiglia a quello usato nel fumetto The watchmen.
Adoro quel fumetto, quando ho sentito la notizia mi sono subito
preoccupato :))
Certo è che ne esistono di creature strane!
E' questo il bello della natura.
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 E' questo il bello della natura.
sapessi quante ne esistono di ancor più strane,
negli abissi sottomarini.......
Taita

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Una di queste è il calamaro gigante (fino a 18 m di lunghezza) ed a
differenza dell'octopus non vi è alcun dubbio sulla sua esistenza...