Tasmanian Globster
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The Tasmanian Globster was a large unidentified carcass that washed ashore in western Tasmania, in August 1960. It measured 20 by 18 feet (6 m by 5.5 m) and was estimated to weigh between 5 and 10 tons. The mass lacked eyes and in place of a mouth, had "soft, tusk-like protuberances". It had a spine, six soft, fleshy 'arms' and stiff, white bristles covering its body. Although no samples of the mass were taken, recent analysis of other globsters suggests that the Tasmanian Globster was a large mass of adipose tissue from a whale.
The term globster was coined in 1962 by Ivan T. Sanderson to describe this carcass and the name Sea Santa coined by another journalist in the same year.
[edit] References
- Ellis, R. 1994. Monsters of the Sea. Robert Hale, London.
- Pinkney, J. 2003. Great Australian Mysteries. Five Mile Press, Australia.
St. Augustine Monster (1896) • Tasmanian Globster (1960) • New Zealand Globster (1968) • Tasmanian Globster 2 (1970) • Bermuda Blob (1988) • Hebrides Blob (1990) • Bermuda Blob 2 (1995) • Nantucket Blob (1996) • Bermuda Blob 3 (1997) • Four Mile Globster (1997) • Newfoundland Blob (2001) • Chilean Blob (2003)
