Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Fort Pierce, FL: Oceanographers discover new species of marine sausage.

The sausage approaches diver John Aquaviva.

A sausage surfacing for air off the sea wall.

The latest addition to the museum.

A team of Fort Pierce, FL, based marine scientists literally came up with a groundbreaking discovery earlier today. While observing the growth of man-eating barnacles on boat hulls, diver John Aquaviva noticed a strange shape approaching him under water. "First I thought it was a shark, but then I realised it was a giant Italian sausage", says Aquaviva, still totally mesmerized by the encounter. After taking measurements and meat samples the scientists believe they have found a whole new species of marine mammal. Unfortunately the sausage died in the process and is now on display in the National Museum of Prehistoric Sausages. Italian Ocean Sausages are thought to have evolved from four-legged land sausages over 60 million years ago, with the closest living relatives being the Proboscidea (elephant sausage) and Hyracoidea (hyrax sausage).

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