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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sdlrs6" data-source="post: 14942043" data-attributes="member: 81925">'Monster' Carcass Washes Ashore in New ZealandA mysterious carcass washed ashore in New Zealand last week, fueling  speculation about sea monsters and dinosaurs. The rotting animal was  discovered by a group on four-wheel vehicles speeding along the beach in  Bay of Plenty.             According to <a href="http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/43115-prehistoric-whale-washup.html" target="_blank">a story in New Zealand’s </a><a href="http://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/43115-prehistoric-whale-washup.html" target="_blank">Sun Live</a>  newspaper, “beachgoers were stumped when they came across what they  thought was a prehistoric creature on the shore … stretching about 9  meters (30 feet) in length with large teeth and rudimentary flippers.”             Video of the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sumif3fCDH4" target="_blank">fearsome-looking animal</a> was soon posted to YouTube, asking the public for help in figuring out what it was.             <a href="http://news.discovery.com/earth/oceans/sea-monsters-slide-show.htm" target="_blank">PHOTOS: Sea Monsters Real and Imagined</a>             A marine biologist soon <a href="http://www.3news.co.nz/Prehistoric-animal-mystery-solved/tabid/1160/articleID/296049/Default.aspx" target="_blank">identified the remains</a>  as a killer whale, in part because of its distinctive flipper. The  mystery was solved, but it’s not the first time an animal’s carcass has  been mistaken for a monster. In fact, New Zealand is one of the most  common places in the world — along with Newfoundland, Canada and Florida  — for such “sea monsters” to appear.             The Science of Sea Monsters             Over the past centuries mysterious masses of marine flesh have  occasionally washed ashore on beaches around the world. Dubbed  “blobsters” (or simply “blobs”) these large carcasses are so badly  decomposed there’s not enough material to make a definitive  identification. To many people, the huge creatures — looking unlike any  known animal — may seem like strong evidence for sea monsters or even  existing dinosaurs.             In 1896, giant waves tossed a massive fleshy corpse on a beach  at St. Augustine, Fla. The rubbery, 6-foot-high blob was examined by a  local naturalist, who decided it was likely from a giant octopus far  larger than any known type. Many other such blobs have been found,  including the horror-film inspired <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3041884.stm" target="_blank">“Chilean blob”</a> (found in July 2003), a few “Bermuda blobs,” and another in Newfoundland in 2001.menna buwa<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/rofl.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="ROFL    :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /><img src="http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/blogs/dnews-files-2013-05-new-zealand-carcass-130506-660x433-jpg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />According to a story in New Zealand's Sun Live newspaper, "beachgoers  were stumped when they came across what they thought was a prehistoric  creature on the shore ... stretching about 9 meters [30 feet] in length  with large teeth and rudimentary flippers."</blockquote>

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