This Whale’s Tongue is the Size of a Car!



We’ve seen posted many casese of human deformities (like the Giant Hand post on Neatorama before) - here’s one from the animal world:

The carcass of a humback whale lies on an Alaskan beach. Scientists believe its death was down to its enormous deformed tongue, "the size of a small car". What caused the grotesque swelling is a mystery, but a ship strike and infection are the principal theories.

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Posted on September 2, 2007 at 1:30 am by Alex
Category: Animal, Pictures

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One comment to "This Whale’s Tongue is the Size of a Car!"

  • algonkin
    September 2nd, 2007 at 7:54 am

    A ship strike and infection are the principal theories to the cause is not what I had in mind…. I was thinking more in the lines of toxic wastes that are dumped in the ocean as well as all the underwater nuclear tests.

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