Bermuda Blob

Bermuda Blob

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.

References

* Ellis, R. 1994. "Monsters of the Sea". Robert Hale, London.
* Pierce, S., G. Smith, T. Maugel & E. Clark 1995. [http://www.biolbull.org/cgi/reprint/188/2/219.pdf On the Giant Octopus ("Octopus giganteus") and the Bermuda Blob: Homage to A. E. Verrill.] "Biological Bulletin" 188: 219-230.


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