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  2. Zuiyo-maru carcass - Wikipedia

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    On April 25, 1977, the Japanese trawler Zuiyō Maru, fishing east of Christchurch, New Zealand, caught a strange, unknown creature in the trawl.The crew was convinced it was an unidentified animal, [4] but despite the potential biological significance of the curious discovery, the captain, Akira Tanaka, decided to dump the carcass into the ocean again so not to risk spoiling the fish caught.

  3. The Coolest (and Strangest) Things That Have Ever Washed Ashore

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    Giant Squid. In early 2005, more than 1,500 giant squid — each around 3 to 4 feet in length — washed ashore, most in Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, and Crystal Cove State Park in California.

  4. 5 Deep Sea Creatures That Seem Straight From Science Fiction

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    Although these next five creatures have been verified by science, it is still hard to believe they exist. The post 5 Deep Sea Creatures That Seem Straight From Science Fiction appeared first on A ...

  5. List of aquatic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    The bishop-fish, a piscine humanoid reported in Poland in the 16th century. Aquatic humanoids appear in legend and fiction. [1] " Water-dwelling people with fully human, fish-tailed or other compound physiques feature in the mythologies and folklore of maritime, lacustrine and riverine societies across the planet."

  6. Bigfin squid - Wikipedia

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    Bigfin squids are a group of rarely seen cephalopods with a distinctive morphology.They are placed in the genus Magnapinna and family Magnapinnidae. [2] Although the family was described only from larval, paralarval, and juvenile specimens, numerous video observations of much larger squid with similar morphology are assumed to be adult specimens of the same family.

  7. ‘Cryptic’ sea creature — covered in odd-shaped growths ...

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    Several odd-shaped growths, known as cerata, jut out of the sea slug’s back and side. Each growth has two bulges and looks almost like an observation tower. A Phestilla arnoldi, or Arnold’s ...

  8. Montauk Monster - Wikipedia

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    Palaeozoologist Darren Naish studied the photograph and concluded from the corpse's visible dentition, skull shape, and front paws that the creature was a raccoon, with its extremely odd appearance merely a byproduct of decomposition and water action removing most of the animal's hair and some of its flesh. [3]

  9. Bizarre jellyfish-like creature discovered - AOL

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    They likely didn't expect to see this creature swimming by. The Ocean Exploration Trust uploaded this video to YouTube in June, and according to the Bizarre jellyfish-like creature discovered