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Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Animals Living in Alaska

Posted by Charles Mudede on Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:13 AM

Residents of Kivalina, an Inupiat Eskimo village of about 430 people, found the substance in its lagoon — giving the lagoon an orange sheen — and clumps of the orange stuff on the beach. A resident who took pictures of the substance, Mida Swan, said last week that it had an oily feel, like baby oil.

Some residents said they also saw the substance in their rainwater-collection buckets after a Wednesday evening rain. No one knew what it was, the state Department of Environmental Conservation was notified and samples were sent to several labs.

The mysterious substance turned out to be not a sign of the end of the world but the eggs of some crustacean.

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Whatever you do, don't tell Goldy. He'll be all "Oh my God, it's the attack of the Shrimps from Outer Space! Run for your lives!"

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on August 9, 2011 at 8:31 AM

@1 - Alaska's new normal.

I was hoping it would turn out to be the slime from Ghostbusters 2.

Posted by MacCrocodile

on August 9, 2011 at 8:38 AM

That's kind of....super freaky and weird and awesome! Crustacean eggs, raining from the sky!? WHAT.

Posted by More, I Say! on August 9, 2011 at 9:05 AM

A more important story about Kivalina would mention the fact that it is eroding into the ocean due to climate change. Read the book: http://www.haymarketbooks.org/pb/Kivalin…

Posted by l23 on August 9, 2011 at 9:16 AM

Too bad, as Cloverfield spawned Skyline, now we could have had "Aleut" about good looking oversharing self-absorbed young Eskimos getting their brand name Ski-doos trashed by girlfriend eating aliens.

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