Hairbeast from the watery deeps
March 24, 2008 4:33 PM   Subscribe

 
That has to be a significantly decomposed whale (the first link.)
posted by gen at 4:50 PM on March 24, 2008


Nice post, BlackLeotardFront.

I've loved this kind of stuff since first reading an article in Time/Life Children's Encyclopedia (I think that's what it was called) about a Japanese trawler that picked up a blobster in the open sea. The article said that it was the carcass of a Plesiosaur and had a picture and everthing. Very convincing for an 9 year old. :)
posted by snwod at 4:52 PM on March 24, 2008


Right you are, gen. The "hair" in the first link is baleen. The rest of the head has decomposed away.
posted by Araucaria at 5:25 PM on March 24, 2008


Super Cool Post!
posted by wittgenstein at 6:02 PM on March 24, 2008


Random question: What was the last 'giant' sea creature discovered? I assume it was the Giant Squid? When was the last whale discovered?
posted by empath at 6:07 PM on March 24, 2008


Fun post. Such a disappointment that they are all just hunks of rancid blubber!
posted by LarryC at 6:08 PM on March 24, 2008


empath. I'm sure I read that new ceteceans crop up at the rate of one a decade but I can't find a cite. A baleen whale was discovered in '98 according to Google.
posted by Leon at 6:18 PM on March 24, 2008


If I didn't know any better, I'd swear "Pravda" was Russian for "Weekly World News."
posted by louche mustachio at 6:35 PM on March 24, 2008 [1 favorite]


You would not be incorrect, louche mustachio. I direct your attention to this article.
posted by endivebreakfast at 7:09 PM on March 24, 2008


If I didn't know any better, I'd swear "Pravda" was Russian for "Weekly World News."

Well, pravda.ru is an internet-only news source inspired by the tabloid founded by some members of the staff following the dismantling of the original newspaper in 1991.
posted by Shakeer at 10:17 PM on March 24, 2008


I don't see "four paws". It looks like an upside down humpback whale.

On preview link-clicking, jamaro is right on.
posted by dabitch at 4:16 AM on March 25, 2008


Can this be the Loch Ness monster?? ask this monster watcher
posted by insatiablehee at 5:52 AM on March 25, 2008


Heh heh, endive, that was the article I'd gone to when I saw this hairy carcass. It's certainly an old whale, but it's cool that they come up in such ridiculous shapes.

I love me some monsters! And nice link jamaro!
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 8:11 AM on March 25, 2008


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