- PORTLAND, Maine (Wireless
Flash) -- The recent tsunami in south Asia is stirring up lots of relief
efforts -- and it could also be splashing all sorts of unknown sea
creatures
onto the shoreline.
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- Cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, co-author of "The
Field Guide To Lake Monsters And Sea Serpents" (Tarcher/ Penguin),
predicts that relief workers will soon be finding a large number of
"globsters"
on area beaches.
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- "Globsters" is the term given to big masses
of round flesh that measure between eight and 20 feet. Although the globs
look like octopi, Coleman says they are often previously-undiscovered
species
of sea serpents, dolphins or whales.
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- Coleman says human relief efforts must take priority
but fears that clean-up workers may destroy the carcasses of new creatures
before scientists can identify them.
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- He hopes that workers who come across any strange sea
creatures photograph them and post the photos online so they can be
researched
after humanitarian efforts are finished.
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- Bizarre sea creatures aren't the only new animals that
could be uncovered by the tsunami: Coleman says many undiscovered land
animals may also be identified as they move to higher ground to avoid
flooding.
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