Jello wrote:
] Elonka wrote:
] ] ] Scientists have been boggled by the 40-foot-long mass of
] ] ] gray, gelatinous flesh that was first spotted over a week
] ] ] ago near Puerto Montt, about 600 miles south of the
] ] ] capital, Santiago.
] ] ]
] ] ] Whale conservationists went to see it last Sunday,
] ] ] thinking it was a beached whale, but quickly concluded it
] ] ] was an invertebrate, appealing to international experts
] ] ] for help.
] ]
] ] Whale, giant octopus, squid, or something new?
]
] http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/07/04/chile.creature.reut
] /index.html
]
] More pics and a recap. They have samples.

Update: Turned out to be a sperm whale carcass. More info here:

  http://tierramerica.net/2003/0714/iacentos.shtml

RE: Reuters: Unidentified Sea Creature Washes up in Chile