14 Of The Weirdest Stuff That Washed Ashore
![14 Of The Weirdest Stuff That Washed Ashore](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/6/9/789969_320x180.jpg)
From the talking llamas of Peru to the boiling lakes of Dominica, our planet is full of strange and wonderful sights. But beneath its surface, there are even more bizarre things going on. For example, did you know that there is a river in Turkey that runs red with iron oxide? Or that scientists have found bacteria that thrive in extremely hot environments? These are just a few examples of the many weird and wonderful things that can be found on Earth. So next time you're feeling down about life, just remember that there's a world out there full of weird and wonderful things, and you're part of it!
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Mankind can't quit mucking up the Earth. From bath toys to cigarettes, to just like a BUNCH of body parts, the oceans are slowly rejecting all of our garbage and sending it back in a big, plastic middle finger. Whales are gross, too, so some of the blame goes to them as well.
![GARFIELD PHONES CRACKED.com Since the 1980's, a lost shipping container in a coastline cave in Brittany, France, was spewing out its contents into the ocean: novelty landline phones in the shape of Garfield the cat. The shipwrecked container was located after 30 years, with researchers hoping to stop any further environmental damage, but it was already empty.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/5/789985.jpg)
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
![DOZENS OF SEVERED, HUMAN HANDS CRACKED.COM Don't worry, says the Russian Government, this wasn't the work of a Siberian Dexter, but rather lazy forensic scientists who improperly disposed of the human remains. We know we'll be sleeping better tonight!](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/4/789984.jpg)
Source: Siberian Times
![VALUABLE WHALE PUKE CRACKED.COM One lucky 3rd grader picked up what he thought was a rock, but turned out to be a chunk of whale vomit worth $65,000. This natural excrement used by sperm whales as a digestive aid, called ambergris, is soft and foul smelling at first but hardens after years of floating in the ocean like a golden turd.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/3/789973.jpg)
Source: BBC
![28,000 RUBBER DUCKS CRACKED.COM Thousands of bath toys were dumped into the North Pacific when a cargo ship lost a container on its way from Hong Kong to the U.S. The rubber duckies plagued the waterways and currents took some of them all the way to Maine's shores. It's not all bad, however, as a patch of 2,000 ducks helped scientists identify current vortexes between Japan and Alaska.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/3/789983.jpg)
Source: NPR
![GIANT LEGO MAN CRACKEDO COM In 2007, drink stall workers at a Dutch resort noticed something drifting in the waters. When they fished it out of the sea they realized it was an 8' tall Lego Man, and promptly plopped it down in the front of their business. Two more giant Lego people washed up in Florida and England. The origin of the figurines is still a mystery.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/8/789978.jpg)
Source: Reuters
![E.T. THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL CRACKED.co Months after it was stolen from Margaret Wells' home, a replica E.T. was seen floating five miles away off the coast of Old Portsmouth, Hampshire. Authorities feared it was a human body at first, but were relieved to discover it was only a 76-year-old woman's homemade, life-sized figure of a nude alien.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/6/789976.jpg)
Source: Daily Mail
![ROBOT HAND CRACKED.COM This lone, metal hand with articulated fingers was found by the Underwater New York organization in Great Kills Park beach, Staten Island. The rest of the cyborg was nowhere to be seen, and is presumably out for revenge.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/8/789988.jpg)
Source: Live Science
![MILLIONS OF CIGARETTES CRACKEDO COM When a Danish ship was hit with 30' waves and 60 knot winds off the coast of Northern France, it lost its cargo into the water. As the contents of these containers emptied into the water, millions of cigarettes began washing up on British beaches. The British government took the loosies and burned them to produce power for the national grid.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/2/789982.jpg)
Source: Daily Mail
![A 6 TON LUMP OF ORGANIC MATTER CRACKED.COM Dubbed the Saint Augustine Monster, this huge mass of flesh (called a globster) found in 1896 was at first classified as a giant octopus. A hundred years later, DNA tests confirmed it was the top of a sperm whale's head.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/5/789975.jpg)
Source: Smithsonian Institute Archives
![160 YEAR OLD CANNONBALLS CRACKED After Hurricane Matthew brought strong tides to the South Carolina shore, it surfaced over a dozen active, Civil War era cannonballs. 15 of these cannonballs were safely detonated by the Charleston's Naval Weapons Station, and two had their explosive material removed (a process called inerting) in order to display their casings at the South Carolina Civil War Museum in Myrtle Beach.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/1/789981.jpg)
Source: Joint Base Charleston
![A GIANT EYEBALL GRACKED.COM A softball sized eyeball was found by a Florida-man in Pompano Beach and handed over to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation officials in 2012. The giant eye was identified as belonging to a swordfish, which can grow to be 1,100 pounds, that was fished out of the ocean and relieved of its ocular organs.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/9/789979.jpg)
Source: Tampa Bay Times
![OLYMPIC PLATFORM CRACKED.COM During the 2016 Olympics, a storm battered the site of the upcoming marathon swimming event, sending the pontoon starting platform off into the waves and leaving behind a concrete block on Copacabana beach. Swimmers were forced to start on the beach, and race through the bay containing 1.7 million times the viral level thought to be risky in the US and Europe.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/8/0/789980.jpg)
Source: Independent
![LIVE BOMBS FROM WWII CRACKED.COM A supermoon brought unusual tides to a Southampton beach, and with them a hundred live explosives. The WWII era bombs were wired to blow by a Navy bomb disposal team and detonated underwater, where the blasts could be more contained.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/2/789972.jpg)
Source: Daily Mail
![SACKS OF MILK POWDER CRACKED.COM Our old friend the shipping container is yet again the villain of this tale, as a cargo ship breaks apart after months being stuck on an offshore reef on New Zealand's coast. The Liberian ship, Rena, was pounded by 20 foot waves and finally spilled its guts onto the popular N.z. beaches, including sacks of powdered milk among other debris.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/9/7/4/789974.jpg)
Source: Reuters