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Featured Article (August 2025)
The Niuhi is an aquatic based cryptid reported from the Pacific Ocean around Rapa Nui (Easter Island), the Marquesas Islands, Cook Islands and Isla Salas y Gómez, in Polynesia. The term is used throughout Polynesia to refer to various marine animals, usually sharks, but the cryptozoological niuhi is described as a large, predatory marine mammal or reptile with long arms bearing clawed "hands". The niuhi is described as a large, predatory marine mammal approximately 30 ft (9 m) long and very broadly-built, with smooth dark blue skin. Unlike Basilosaurus, the niuhi is described as having "hands."
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