Thursday, July 2, 2015

Beaked and feathered sea creature washed up on the coast of Russia

Makhluk laut berparuh dan berbulu terdampar di pantai Rusia. Mirror / SakhalinMedia
Mirror/SakhalinMedia

Sakhalin Island: figure of a mysterious sea creature with a "beak" like birds and feathers that covered his whole body washed up on a beach in Russia.


This big monster corpse was found on the shoreline of Sakhalin Island, a place closer to the United States rather than Moscow.

Some photos of Siberian Times website shows hairy creature. Nikolay Kim, senior Research Institute of Fisheries and Marine Sakhalin, believing the creature as "a kind of giant porpoise."

"Based on the characteristics of the skin, this is an endangered species," said Kim, as reported by Mirror.co.uk, Tuesday (30/06/2015).

"I doubt these creatures living in our waters. Most likely, these animals warm ocean currents carried away. Sometimes, there is a tropical and subtropical species are stranded here and die," he continued.


Although the creature believes it was a dolphin, Kim still can not explain where the feathers come from. "It's very unusual. Dolphins are not hairy," he explained.

Pictures creature triggered uproar in the Russian social media. One netizen said: "Like a giant sea monster mutant with a beak."

There are also some netizens who expect it as dolphins of the Ganges, which are found in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.

According to data from renowned marine park Sea World, dolphins born with short hairs, but in spite of itself shortly afterwards. (Metrotvnews.com)
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