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| − | According to New Zealand's SunLive, the mysterious remains were found by a group of beach-goers near '''Pukehina '''on New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. One of the group posted a video of the so-called "monster" to YouTube on April 28, along with this simple query: "Can anyone identify what it is?" The video captured the imagination of viewers, who suggested in the comments section that the creature could be anything from a saltwater crocodile to a giant moray eel. But according to marine mammal expert Anton van Helden, the carcass is likely the remains of a killer whale. |
+ | According to New Zealand's SunLive, the mysterious remains were found by a group of beach-goers near '''Pukehina '''on New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. One of the group posted a video of the so-called "monster" to YouTube on April 28, along with this simple query: "Can anyone identify what it is?" The video captured the imagination of viewers, who suggested in the comments section that the creature could be anything from a saltwater crocodile to a giant moray eel. But according to marine mammal expert Anton van Helden, the carcass is likely the remains of a killer whale. However, a close inspection of the pictures revealed that it could not be an orca because of it's enormous lower jaw teeth, a pointed face and it was cut in half by something, and it was already 9 meters long, so it is likelier that it is som sort of Mosasaurus based on the two flippers and face, since they had th exact same jaw structure |
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Revision as of 05:17, 2 February 2016
A mysterious carcass, named the Pukehina Predator, was washed ashore in New Zealand in June 2014, fueling speculation about sea monsters and dinosaurs. The rotting animal was discovered by a group of people on four-wheel vehicles speeding along the beach in Bay of Plenty.
According to a story in New Zealand’s Sun Live newspaper, “beachgoers were stumped when they came across what they thought was a prehistoric creature on the shore … stretching about 9 meters (30 feet) in length with large teeth and rudimentary flippers.”
Strange Pukehina sea creature
Footage of Pukehina Predator
According to New Zealand's SunLive, the mysterious remains were found by a group of beach-goers near Pukehina on New Zealand's Bay of Plenty. One of the group posted a video of the so-called "monster" to YouTube on April 28, along with this simple query: "Can anyone identify what it is?" The video captured the imagination of viewers, who suggested in the comments section that the creature could be anything from a saltwater crocodile to a giant moray eel. But according to marine mammal expert Anton van Helden, the carcass is likely the remains of a killer whale. However, a close inspection of the pictures revealed that it could not be an orca because of it's enormous lower jaw teeth, a pointed face and it was cut in half by something, and it was already 9 meters long, so it is likelier that it is som sort of Mosasaurus based on the two flippers and face, since they had th exact same jaw structure
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