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Strange Fish(?) That Wash Ashore

Another globster washes up on a Philippines beach

Fishery Law Enforcement Officer Vox Krusada said: ''For now we can say its a whale, but the exact species is still unknown. The tissue samples are now sent to our lab for DNA analysis.

''The local government of Gloria will now bury the carcass. And damn it smells awful. It smells like something from another planet.

''I really experienced the full power of its smell because I’m the one who took the tissue samples. I almost puked. I felt better after taking a bath but the stench still lingers in my nose.''

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Don't some whales go all fibrous like that, when they decompose?


Edit: I've just looked up pictures of decomposing whales and I would put money on it being that

Yeah, it does say that in the text. They've sent some tissue samples for DNA analysis to determine the species.
 
Gower: sea creature washes up on Rhossili beach

It has a 5ft (1.52m) skeleton with a long head and large jaw line and some believe it is a cetacean, such as a whale, dolphin or porpoise.

"When you look at it the first time you may think it is a crocodile, but it is certainly not," said Swansea University expert Dan Forman.

Dr Forman, a bioscience specialist, said: "Its jaw line suggests it is like a cetacean whale or a dolphin."

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Someone's told me they used to use monkfish tails for scampi but I find that hard to believe .. who the f**k harvests monkfish tails? ...

Monkfish tails are firm and meaty, with a mild taste. The texture is a lot like lobster, and that's why monkfish is sometimes called the poor man's lobster. It's one of my favorite seafoods.
 
Monkfish tails are firm and meaty, with a mild taste. The texture is a lot like lobster, and that's why monkfish is sometimes called the poor man's lobster. It's one of my favorite seafoods.
I've sold them in the past (supermarket fishmonger) but never tried one myself or prepared one. Good looking aren't they.
 
Where is the scale!? This thing looks like it could swallow a person.

"Monkfish, like most anglerfish, are also characterised by an enormously distensible stomach, which allows an individual monkfish to fully swallow prey as large as itself.[3][4] Monkfish grow to a length of more than 150 cm (4.9 ft); specimens of 100 cm (3.3 ft) are common."

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The confusion arises as 'monkfish' used to refer to a species of Angelshark Squatina squatina, due to overfishing it is now critically endangered and cannot be taken. Hence the term has now been applied to Angler Fish as a substitute, Lophius sp.

As said above, the two look quite different:

Angelshark:


Squatina squatina

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Anglerfish:

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This is why the tedious system of Latin species names works so well - they are constants in a world of changing common names (I originally studied life sciences).

I have no Fast Show references to make, but would be grateful if you could get your knickers on and make me a cup of tea.
 
Mystery 23-foot sea beast weighing four tonnes found on beach in Wales

The colossal creature was found on Broad Haven South Beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, last week and reported to the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP).

Matthew Westfield, the CSIP stranding co-ordinator for Wales, said: “It’s very difficult to tell for certain what it is because it’s so badly decomposed.

“It died at sea and had been dead for a while before it washed up on the beach, so it would have come in with one of the high tides.”

And though Mr Westfield identified a spine, measuring some 23 feet long, even the animal’s true scale is uncertain.

“So initially we thought it was going to be a whale but when we actually got there and did an exam on it, it became clear that it definitely wasn’t.

“The initial clue was the smell of rotten fish. Decomposing fish smell different to decomposing whales.

“Then we got closer and we had a look at the bone structure which indicated that it definitely was not a whale and it was going to be some sort of fish.”

Mr Westfield now believes the remains to be of a basking shark, but he still can’t be sure.

He continued: “We’ve taken pictures, we’ve taken a couple of samples, and we’ve sent them off to the Natural History Museum and some of the specialist teams there, along with London Zoo.

“We just have to wait and see what happens.”

The creature was found on Broad Haven South Beach in Wales



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Mystery 23-foot sea beast weighing four tonnes found on beach in Wales

The colossal creature was found on Broad Haven South Beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, last week and reported to the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP).

Matthew Westfield, the CSIP stranding co-ordinator for Wales, said: “It’s very difficult to tell for certain what it is because it’s so badly decomposed.



The creature was found on Broad Haven South Beach in Wales



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Interestingly, the focus of this article is about proper ID. No suggestion, really, that it's some unknown sea monster - a refreshing change.
 
I'm going to take a guess and say large seal or sealion.
 
I'm going to take a guess and say large seal or sealion.

I always enjoy your guesses. With a spine 23 ft long & not including the head which is missing, as Souleater says that's a heck of a big seal/sealion. Even large Bull Elephant seals only reach around 20 ft.

Also, the report says it's some sort of fish.
 
Im guessing some type of Oarfish, purely because its always an Oarfish lol
 
Im guessing some type of Oarfish, purely because its always an Oarfish lol

The CSIP man thinks possibly a basking shark. The headline says 4 tonnes although how they come up with this figure I don't know. Could be just Mirror guesswork. Oarfish can weigh up to 300 kg if you look up online - they're relatively slender..
 
The CSIP man thinks possibly a basking shark. The headline says 4 tonnes although how they come up with this figure I don't know. Could be just Mirror guesswork. Oarfish can weigh up to 300 kg if you look up online - they're relatively slender..
Are those not teeth in the second pic? If they are then not a basking shark which only has tiny hooked teeth plus a shark has a cartilaginous skeleton
 
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