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Second Giant Sea Creature Washes Ashore -Alarms Sound Over Radioactive Gigantism
The Lightly Braised Turnip ^ | Jan 9, 2014 | Butch Witt

Posted on 01/09/2014 12:48:26 PM PST by diverteach

For the second time in recent months, a giant sea creature has washed ashore in California. First it was a rare oarfish that had grown to a freakish 100-foot length. This time it was a giant squid measuring a whopping 160 feet from head to tentacle tip.

These giants look different but experts believe they share one important commonality: they both come from the waters near the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in the Futaba District of Japan.

Scientists believe that following the 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant an unknown number of sea creatures suffered genetic mutations that triggered uncontrolled growth – or “radioactive gigantism.”

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To: tet68

;-)


21 posted on 01/09/2014 12:56:37 PM PST by cuban leaf
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22 posted on 01/09/2014 12:57:15 PM PST by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: diverteach

That’s a lot of calamari!


23 posted on 01/09/2014 12:57:53 PM PST by tanuki (Left-wing Revolution: show biz for boring people.)
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To: tet68

Kronos, also a great flick.


24 posted on 01/09/2014 12:58:13 PM PST by Bellagio
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To: TruthWillWin

I worked for 7 years around a nuke plant.

My wife didn’t notice any...ummmm....changes.


25 posted on 01/09/2014 12:58:14 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: kosciusko51

26 posted on 01/09/2014 12:58:51 PM PST by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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To: diverteach
2 Fukishima strawberries ready for shipment.

27 posted on 01/09/2014 12:59:13 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)
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To: tet68
The Peanuts
28 posted on 01/09/2014 12:59:17 PM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: diverteach

I wonder if Barry Bonds was ever near Fukushima?


29 posted on 01/09/2014 12:59:52 PM PST by TangledUpInBlue (I have no home. I'm the wind.)
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To: 12th_Monkey

Turnips are evil.


30 posted on 01/09/2014 1:00:04 PM PST by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: diverteach
Okay, what the hell. As long as we're posting monsters, I'll play along...


31 posted on 01/09/2014 1:00:22 PM PST by Mich Patriot (PITCH BLACK is the new "transparent")
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To: TruthWillWin

Jimmy Johnson is out of a job.


32 posted on 01/09/2014 1:00:57 PM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: tet68

And impossible to find.


33 posted on 01/09/2014 1:02:30 PM PST by AppyPappy (Obama: What did I not know and when did I not know it?)
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34 posted on 01/09/2014 1:02:32 PM PST by diverteach (If I find liberals in heaven after my death.....I WILL BE PISSED!!!)
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To: diverteach
From article


35 posted on 01/09/2014 1:02:45 PM PST by opentalk
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To: luvbach1

HECK, A 160 FT SQUID WOULD MAKE ONE HELL OF A DISH OF CALIMARI!............


36 posted on 01/09/2014 1:05:42 PM PST by Red Badger (Proud member of the Zeta Omicron Tau Fraternity since 2004...................)
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To: opentalk

Perhaps as the radiation has sunk deeper into the ocean, it has caused these deep-sea denizens to surface, seeking a healthier environment?


37 posted on 01/09/2014 1:05:50 PM PST by miserare (2014--The Year We Fight Back!)
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To: diverteach

Did anyone see the Nautilus in the area?

38 posted on 01/09/2014 1:08:33 PM PST by jetson (THE)
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To: Red Badger

Giant squid concentrate ammonia in their tissues, which is why they are inedible, except to sperm whales.


39 posted on 01/09/2014 1:09:45 PM PST by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Darn! Do you have a plan B”?


40 posted on 01/09/2014 1:10:49 PM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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