Mystery ocean creature skeleton found on beach in Russia
WHEN this odd skeleton washed up on a beach, many locals were convinced that sea monsters were real. Can you guess what it really is?
WHEN this odd skeleton washed up on a beach, many locals were convinced that sea monsters were real.
Initial tests suggested the strange shaped beast wasn’t a fish, alligator or a crocodile — fuelling theories that the remains could have been from a prehistoric creature.
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The images were snapped by soldiers in 2006 but its only now that marine experts have decided what it is.
They say it's the fact the skeleton of a large beluga whale.
Investigations eight years ago appeared to suggest the bones were not those of a fish, and it was thought the creature measured five metres in length and had hair or fur.
The remains were discovered on a beach in Sakhalin, an island in eastern Russia, close to Japan.
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