Nantucket Blob

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The Nantucket Blob was a globster that washed ashore on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, in November 1996.

Analysis of samples in 2004 suggests that the Nantucket Blob was a large mass of adipose tissue from a whale.

References

References

  1. Puig, R. 2004. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080527140638/http://www.research.usf.edu/absolutenm/templates/newro.asp?articleid=571&zoneid=26 ''A Whale of a Tale'']. Research Online, University of South Florida.
  2. Pierce, S., S. Massey, N. Curtis, G. Smith, C. Olavarría & T. Maugel 2004. [http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/content/full/206/3/125 Microscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Characteristics of the Chilean Blob and a Comparison With the Remains of Other Sea Monsters: Nothing but Whales.] ''Biological Bulletin'' '''206''': 125–133.

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