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Samples of the Nantucket Blob.

The Nantucket Blob was an unidentified mass (globster) that washed ashore on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, sometime during November 1996. Analysis of samples in 2004 suggests that the Nantucket Blob was a large mass of adipose tissue from a whale.

References

Pierce, S., S. Massey, N. Curtis, G. Smith, C. Olavarría & T. Maugel 2004. Microscopic, Biochemical, and Molecular Characteristics of the Chilean Blob and a Comparison With the Remains of Other Sea Monsters: Nothing but Whales. Biological Bulletin 206: 125-133.
Puig, R. 2004. A Whale of a Tale. Research Online, University of South Florida.

Blobs and globsters

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)