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Giant Sea Creature Washes Up on Island, Turns Water Red
KFOR ^
| MAY 12, 2017
Posted on 05/12/2017 8:56:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Indonesia — The rotting carcass of a massive sea creature washed ashore and was discovered Tuesday night on an island in Indonesia.
The creature, which measures around 72 feet long, washed up on Seram Island and was discovered by resident Asrul Tuanakota, the Jakarta Globe reports. Tuanakota initially thought the creature was a stranded boat.
Many residents speculate the remains are from a giant squid or a whale.
Mbs Sangadji posted photos of the creature on Facebook Wednesday afternoon. The post reads:
“Giant squid discovered by Asrul Tuanakota on May 10, 2017, at 09:00 IEST. The Giant squid was stranded on the coast of Hulung Village, Iha Kec. Huamual Kab. Seram Bagian Barat, Maluku. This giant squid is 22 m long, 4 m wide and weighs about 35 tons. It is hoped that there will be research by a related institution or university on the cause of death of this giant creature.”
Residents asked local authorities to help remove the creature’s remains.
TOPICS: Local News; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: indonesia; seacreature; squid
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To: nickcarraway
weighs about 35 tons..
Somebody call Richard Simmons.
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posted on
05/12/2017 8:58:31 PM PDT
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dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: nickcarraway
Got bones, some kind of whale.
To: nickcarraway
In before “That’s a lot of calamari!”
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05/12/2017 9:00:41 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(The Washington Post is Jeff Bezos' Fake News unregulated SuperPAC.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/12/2017 9:04:30 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: nickcarraway
So much for releasing the Kraken.
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posted on
05/12/2017 9:06:32 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/12/2017 9:06:55 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/12/2017 9:07:22 PM PDT
by
DocRock
(And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
To: nickcarraway
THAT is why I do not snorkel.
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posted on
05/12/2017 9:07:47 PM PDT
by
stars & stripes forever
(Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
To: dp0622
It’s the remains of Hillary’s ambition washed up on the beach.
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05/12/2017 9:09:24 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
To: nickcarraway
If THAT’S Architeuthis, my butt is staying in Colorado!
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posted on
05/12/2017 9:10:53 PM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Vote for your guns!)
To: Bullish
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posted on
05/12/2017 9:14:20 PM PDT
by
dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: dp0622
Do they have those on Staten Island?
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/12/2017 9:15:53 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Deportation mayhem is just birthing pains for a new America.)
To: nickcarraway
That’s enough Calamari to keep us busy for a year :)
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posted on
05/12/2017 9:17:35 PM PDT
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dp0622
(The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
To: nickcarraway
I don’t think Giant Squid have a backbone. It’s a whale.
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05/12/2017 9:21:07 PM PDT
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Freedom_Is_Not_Free
(Trump: What to do now I can't repeal Obamacare? I know, lets start a war with Russia!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
05/12/2017 9:29:22 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: nickcarraway
That is no cephalopod. First of all squids and octopi have copper-based blood, not iron, so as their blood seeps into the water it would not turn the water red. Secondly, the last photo shows bones that look to be vertebrae arranged in what look to be a spinal cord. Of all the species of Cephalopoda, only cuttlefish have a cuttlebone is not actually a bone, but rather the internal shell of the Cuttlefish, a small, squid-like cephalopod. It is not segmented and is a lightweight, oblong, chalky object that is mainly composed of calcium. In the Cuttlefish, the cuttlebone is filled with gasses and helps control the fish’s buoyancy in the water.
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05/12/2017 9:29:49 PM PDT
by
WMarshal
(President Trump, a president keeping his promises to the American people. It feels like winning.)
To: nickcarraway
Due to the ridges I will guess Whale shark.
To: nickcarraway
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05/12/2017 9:40:01 PM PDT
by
W.
(Trump: America's Churchill!)
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