That's one big jelly fish!!! I bet a 40 ft. long grey mass of tissue smells awful.. I pity the fool that has to dissect, analyze, and study it!!!!

The more we learn, the less we know, glad that nature still has surprises for us.

It has to make you wonder what is still out there!! I was diving in the Florida keys with a dive buddy and we came up on a sand worm that had to be atleast 10-12 ft. long. We thought we were looking at an underwater cable at first until it moved. Makes you wonder.

Yes it is fascinating what could or might be in the unknown.

I ran across this today, while not as spectacular as the link above. Some of their haul is definitely interesting....

http://www.oceans.gov.au/norfanz/

AFP Photo http://story.news.yahoo.com/fc?cid=34&tmpl=fc&in=Science&cat=Whales_and_Whaling
Experts Say Beached 'Blob' a Sperm Whale
(Reuters) - Chilean scientists said on Friday 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 have been baffled by the 40-foot-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. Researchers at the Museum of Natural History in Santiago were the first to reach a conclusion after analyzing samples of the decaying specimen and finding glands of a sperm whale. More... Oh well maybe nature has no surprises !

[ This Message was edited by: chechatonga on 2003-07-12 05:55 ]

That's too bad, thought maybe it would be clear evidence of monster squid.

I imagine a post-mortem on a smelly sperm whale corpse isn't exactly a roaring good time.