"Hey, hello! This is the New York Times, how can I help you? Custer's voice was full of sleepiness and exhaustion, and he couldn't help it, even though he stayed up late last night to catch up on the manuscript and had to come to work in the morning.

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"Oh...... Yes, as long as it's newsworthy, we'll reward it. ”

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"Oh...... You mean a whale? ”

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“...... Where is it? ”

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"Jones Beach ......"

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"Okay, I've made a note of it, and if it's a good news lead, we'll reward you with a big bonus."

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"Don't worry, we'll be in touch, goodbye!"

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Custer put down the phone and went to the editor-in-chief's office.

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"Wells, someone just provided a clue that a dead whale was found on Jones Beach......"

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"Isn't it normal to die one or two whales? If the whale is stranded on its own, maybe we can make a fuss from the standpoint of animal protection, but it will die...... Who cares! ”

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Custer, who was robbed of his white pass, had to wait for the editor-in-chief to finish speaking before continuing, "It is said that the dead whale is very strange, its body is covered with huge wounds, bigger than a human!" ”

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"Oh...... "The editor-in-chief was finally a little interested," ...... Is it a bite mark? ”

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"Yes!"

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"So go take a look, maybe it's the giant saltwater crocodile, take a few clear pictures, maybe we can write a story about the misuse and negative effects of biotechnology. Well...... Now criticism of biotechnology is the main theme! ”

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Custer took his camera and went out, he drove for more than an hour to Jones Beach, which was far away from New York, and there were not many people, and when he arrived, he saw a huge whale carcass on the beach in the distance, and two or three people next to him pointed at the whale carcass.

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As Custer walked over, he saw that half of the whale carcass was submerged in the sea, swaying slightly with the waves. When I was far away, I didn't feel it, but when I got closer, I could find that most of the meat on the whale carcass had been gnawed off, and even the bone frame was mutilated.

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The whale's corpse was full of huge wounds, some of which even traversed the whale's body, as if there was a huge creature that bit the whale by the waist and bit down hard, biting out a huge wound.

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At this point, Custer was finally convinced that it must have been the work of some big guy, maybe a giant saltwater crocodile, maybe something else, and it wasn't a piranha like a small thing.

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It's entirely conceivable that the same wounds left by cats and dogs by eating a foot-long yellow croaker must be completely different.

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Custer took a closer look at the whale, it was about ten meters long, and the largest wound was large enough to fit an adult into it, so the big creature must be bigger than the whale.

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While thinking, Custer pulled out his camera and began to take pictures, he deliberately looked for the right angle to highlight the huge wound, and I believe that anyone who looks at these photos will immediately understand how big the animal that killed the whale must be.

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Castel rushed back to the company non-stop, and the editor-in-chief was immediately full of praise when he saw the photos taken.

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"Not bad! Not bad! It's this one, cut it, you can put it on the front page, and then have a thriller title, it's called ...... The Behemoth is coming, and the whole of America is stunned! ”

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Front!

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Headlines!

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Leaving the editor-in-chief's office, Custer was still a little dizzy, this was the first time he had been treated as a reporter to get a front-page headline, but he didn't expect that suddenly this dream came true.

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As the editor-in-chief asked, the manuscript should highlight the dangers of the giant beast, the danger of the gigantic creatures, the incursion of biotechnology into God's realm, and the punishment of nature, and at the same time warn the citizens to be wary of the presence of the giant beast when they are near the sea.

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Custer's speed was very fast, and the manuscript was already rushed out before he got off work in the afternoon, and he was handed over to the editor-in-chief for revision several times, and an article with a front page headline was released.

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"Karst, good job, you can do some more in-depth reporting on the topic of the Behemoth, and if you write it well, maybe you will have a chance to make the front page."

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And the front page?

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Custer was so happy that he almost fainted, and without the editor-in-chief's urging, Custer returned to his seat and began to think about how to dig deeper into the behemoth topic.

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In order to make his feature detailed and vivid, with depth and connotation, Custer searched the circle of friends around him, and finally contacted a biologist, who brought a photo of the whale carcass to the biologist.

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"Professor Craven, take a look at these pictures for me, I want to know what the hell is killing this whale."

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Professor Craven took the picture and looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more strange it became.

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"What's wrong?" Custer noticed that something was not quite right in the professor's reaction.

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"It's not a giant saltwater crocodile, it's not a crocodile."

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"Didn't the saltwater crocodile do it?"

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"No, absolutely not, it may have been done by a shark, but it's not right!"

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"Sharks? Why sharks? Got such a big shark? Custer had a series of questions.

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"Look at the tooth marks are indeed shark tooth marks, and you look here." Professor Craven zoomed in on the photo and showed it to Custer, only to see a tooth trapped in the whale's muscle.

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"It's a shark's tooth, only bigger, it's at least 45 feet long, but it can't be, there's no such big shark. The most important thing is that, judging by the bite marks, the shape of the creature's mouth is completely different from that of a shark, so it is unlikely that it is a shark. ”

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"Aren't there shark teeth? Although it is one size bigger. ”

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"Nope! You don't understand, the wounds caused by the different ways of feeding the animals are different, and this animal, judging by the shape of the mouth and some tearing features of the wound, should not be a shark. ”

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"But there are shark teeth!"

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"So strange, I've always been unable to figure this out."

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"And how big is this creature?"

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"Judging by the amount of food and the size of the mouth, as well as the size of the teeth, I estimate that this creature should be about 60 feet in size."

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"60 feet...... Oh, my God! Custer was stunned by the number.

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"60 feet isn't huge, but the biggest blue whale is almost 100 feet long."

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“......”

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"Remind you, since the carcass of the blue whale appeared on the beach in New York, this creature should have been around here recently, it will also hunt, and it should be able to find other traces. Very strange, this is definitely an unknown new species, if you get any new news, it is better to let me know, I also very much want to know what kind of creature this is. ”