5/18/2017
According to a report from Huffington Post, three marine experts have determined the species of the creature appears to be a baleen whale.
5/17/2017
Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries in West Seram told Jakarta Globe it was a type of sperm whale, saying: “With sperm whales, when ...
Marine biologists now believe the carcass is a dead baleen whale, largely because of a visible skeleton, which would rule out speculation that the ...
An official at Indonesia's Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries in West Seram is quoted in the Jakarta Globe as saying it was a type of sperm whale.
Most experts agreed the rotting corpse was likely that of some sort of whale, however they are not certain about the 'species' of whale. The bloated ...
A massive sea creature that washed up on a beach in Indonesia last week isn't an unknown species from the depths of the ocean, but likely a whale, ...
Regina Asmutis-Silvia, executive director of Whale and Dolphin Conservation, told the Huffington Post: "Giant squid are invertebrates and there are ...
THE MYSTERY of the huge carcass of a “sea monster” washed up from the deep has finally been solved by scientists.
5/16/2017
On Monday, May 15th, whale biologist, Alexander Werth identified the squid-like creature as a whale. According to Werth, who is with the ...
Edith Widder, of the Ocean Research & Conservation Association also guessed that the creature was a baleen whale, according to HuffPost.
Suggestions ranged from giant squid to whale to long lost sea monster. The fisherman is reported to have initially thought it was a boat caught in ...
While dead whales will usually sink to the bottom of the ocean, creating temporary ecosystems on the ocean floor as scavengers pick it clean, this ...
According to Indonesian Academy of Sciences (LIPI), the carcass is said to be a baleen whale. “It does resemble a baleen whale, but judging from its ...
"Based on those features, we are certain that the washed up marine animal was a whale, a sea mammal. [Therefore], information that said it is a giant ...
5/15/2017
According to chief scientist at the Ocean Conservancy, George Leonard, the washed up sea creature corpse is no other than the baleen whale.
Decomposition gases bloated the whale, and some of the noxious gases were seeping out. Seram, the largest island in the Maluku Island group, ...
Most experts agreed the rotting corpse was likely that of some sort of whale, though exactly what kind remained unknown. The bloated creature was ...
Experts told The Independent that the monster is almost certainly some kind of whale carcass that has decomposed beyond easy recognition.
But Alexander Werth, a whale biologist at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, and George Leonard, chief scientist at the Ocean Conservancy, said ...
Five days ago, the central Maluku province in Indonesia was shocked on a mysterious sea monster floating ashore. Now, the sea monster has been ...
But George Leonard, the chief scientist at the Ocean Conservancy, told the Huffington Post that the remains most likely belong to a baleen whale.
Some people said it was a giant squid, a humpback whale or a dolphin. The creature was found by Asrul Tuanakota, a 37-year-old fisherman.
Some people said it was a giant squid, a humpback whale or a dolphin. The creature was found by Asrul Tuanakota, a 37-year-old fisherman.
According to George Leonard, chief scientist at the Ocean Conservancy, the carcass is probably that of a baleen whale. There are parts of the carcass ...
5/14/2017
“It is a type of sperm whale,” Nasrun, who works for the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries in West Seram, was quoted by news portal Detik.com ...
Judging by parts of a protruding skeleton, and what appear to be baleen plates used to filter out food, the scientists agreed it was most likely a whale.
The world was left wondering what had washed ashore an island of Indonesia last week, after a local made a gruesome discovery of a 15-metre long ...
But t's clearly a baleen whale in an advanced state of decomposition, said Alexander Werth, a whale biologist at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.
A giant sea creature, possibly with tusks, washed up on a beach in Indonesia last week, freaking out people on the island of Seram and launching a ...
Some believe the carcass, which had not been discovered until the animal had been dead for a few days, may be a large whale. Whales can grow ...
George Leonard, the chief scientist at the Ocean Conservancy, told HuffPost that the rotting carcass was probably a baleen whale, judging by parts of ...
5/13/2017
However, what was first thought to be a giant squid is now believed to be a species of whale that was perhaps dead for a few days before it was ...
Kim is confident the rotting carcass is a dolphin but adds that the sea creature has fur and as far as experts know no species of dolphins have fur or ...
Officials from Indonesia's Marine and Coastal Resources Management have stated that it believes that the rotting carcass is that of a humpback whale, ...
Experts think that the skin characteristics of the animal hint at it being a rare species of some giant dolphin family. mysterious creature. facebook.
Although it is still not clear what animal it is, a report in Mashable claims that the creature could be a baleen whale. However, the claims are only ...
“Giant squid are invertebrates and there are clearly bones visible (jaw, skull, vertebrae) so I am very comfortable saying it's some type of rorqual whale ...
There have been speculations that it could be a baleen whale (rorquals), a giant squid or a sperm whale. However, experts are strongly suggesting it ...
The Indonesian Army originally identified it as a giant squid, but it sounds like it might actually be a large whale that decomposed very quickly under ...
5/12/2017
Upon close inspection of the washed up carcass, Alexander Werth, a whale biologist at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, claimed that the body ...
While the locals thought that the creature could be a giant squid or sperm whale, the initial research suggests that it is a baleen whale, as reported by ...
Local people are guessing whether the creature is a giant squid or a sperm whale. The 50-foot body of this monster was found decomposing near the ...
Jakarta. Officials said the remains of a marine animal that washed up on the shores of Seram Island in Maluku province earlier this week were most ...
Others, however, are of the opinion that it's a whale — likely a sperm whale or a humpback whale. For instance, in a series of YouTube videos, ...
"Certain species of baleen whales (rorquals) have 'ventral grooves' which run from their chin to their belly button. It is stretchy tissue that expands ...
... told The Independent the animal is a rare species of dolphin, which would make it the largest ever recorded dolphin by far, according to Whale Facts ...
A monstrously huge creature that washed ashore on a remote Indonesian beach, oozing a mysterious red fluid, is probably a baleen whale in an ...
It was eventually thought to be some form of dolphin, with a representative from the Sakhalin Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography, ...
And they also pointed out several other distinguishing features that led them to believe that it's a whale and not some unidentified monster from the ...
Giant squids are some of the biggest invertebrates on the planet, big enough to tangle with a sperm whale, and can measure up to 65 feet (20 meters), ...
“Certain species of baleen whales (rorquals) have 'ventral grooves' which run from their chin to their belly button. It is stretchy tissue that expands ...
However, others have suggested that it's not a squid at all, but a dead whale which has grown unidentifiable due to decay. In terms of size, both sperm ...
'I can confidently say that this is some kind of a dolphin. However, it has fur. It's unusual. Dolphins do not have any fur,' expert says. Gabriel Samuels ...
A co-ordinator of Indonesia's Marine and Coastal Resources Management said it was likely to be a whale, according to Storyful. Lab tests are ...
5/11/2017
On closer inspection, however, Mr Watkins and his fellow crew came to the conclusion they had come across the gas-filled corpse of a whale.