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Chilean ‘Blob’ May Be Giant Octopus, Whale Blubber
SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) – Scientists said on Wednesday a huge mass
of slimy flesh that washed up on a Chilean beach last week may be a rare
type of giant octopus or just discarded whale blubber. European zoologists
contacted by the Chileans to help identify the 40-foot-long (12-meter)
piece of gelatinous tissue said it closely resembled descriptions of
a bizarre specimen found in Florida in 1896 that was named "octopus
giganteus" and has confounded experts ever since. read
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