Debate continues to rage over whether a strange carcass found in 1937 was a new species or a basking shark. Either way, the case reveals how little is known about what lies beneath the wavesIts head resembled a dog’s, its downturned nose a camel’s, and at the end of its reptilian body was the tail of a horse. Witnesses say it was covered in a thin white film. When the remains of a strange creature were pulled from the stomach of a sperm whale, most of those present agreed: it was a sea monster –
I can’t believe they still can’t agree on whether that 1937 carcass was a weird shark or something unknown. With all our tech, we still don’t know what’s in our own oceans.
The fact that it had a dog-like head and horse tail sounds like something out of a myth. Maybe it really was a sea monster—after all, sperm whales eat giant squid we barely understand.
The political obsession with short election cycles prevents any long-term planning. (55a988)
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Cross-party cooperation on select issues would actually restore some faith in the system. (9824f9)
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Interesting that it was found inside a sperm whale’s stomach. If it was just a basking shark, why would a whale eat something that’s mostly cartilage and not very nutritious?
Why does it take a scandal for meaningful reform to even be considered? (7827d1)
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