Bermuda Blob

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The Bermuda Blob was an unidentified mass (globster) that was found by Teddy Tucker, a fisherman and treasure hunter, in Mangrove Bay, Bermuda, in May 1988. Tucker described the blob as "2½ to 3 feet thick . . . very white and fibrous . . . with five 'arms or legs,' rather like a disfigured star." Samples of the specimen were analysed in 1995 and found to be the remains of a large shark.

[edit] References

• Ellis, R. 1994. Monsters of the Sea. Robert Hale, London.
• Pierce, S., G. Smith, T. Maugel & E. Clark 1995. On the Giant Octopus (Octopus giganteus) and the Bermuda Blob: Homage to A. E. Verrill. Biological Bulletin 188: 219-230.

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