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Prehistoric SEA MONSTER washes up on beach: ‘It’s a unique creature’
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/ ^
| 5/7/18
| Charlotte Ikonen
Posted on 05/07/2018 11:58:14 AM PDT by BBell
The bizarre creature was discovered in Island Beach State Park, New Jersey on May 4.
Stephanie Hall discovered the body of the six-foot animal while she was returning from a run.
She’d encountered a seal on the way out and – wanting to give it a bit more room on the way back – she went further up the beach and found the fish.
“I saw this head of something scary in the sand just over a dune,” said Mrs Hall.
“I thought it was bizarre and cool looking so I took some pictures.
“Anyway I had no idea what it was and posted it to my town webpage hoping some fishermen could answer.
“They did and here we are now.”
They though the fish was a sturgeon, a species which has been around since the Triassic period, up to 245 million years ago.
The series can grow to approximately 14 feet long and can weigh up to 800 pounds.
Amazingly, they can live for up to 60 years.
Larry Hanja of The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection said the likeliest candidates, the Atlantic and the shortnose sturgeon, were both endangered.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailystar.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: atlanticsturgeon; cryptobiology; fish; godsgravesglyphs; jerseydevil; larryhanja; newjersey; pinebarrens; prehistoric; seamonster; shortnosesturgeon; sturgeon
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To: BBell
I was thinking about fish tacos for dinner, but I think I’ll pass on seafood after seeing this. It has the body of a sturgeon and it looks like it has the snout of a shark. Was this animal having transition issues too?
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:15:23 PM PDT
by
dowcaet
To: lefty-lie-spy
Granted , but it does look a bit like something out of the Devonian Period.
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:16:17 PM PDT
by
Simon Green
("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
To: BBell
It’s just Lena Dunham. Roll her back into the water.
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:18:22 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(It isn't racist if it's true, is it?)
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:18:29 PM PDT
by
Rio
(I was deplorable when deplorable wasn't cool.)
To: BBell
Didn’t Weird Al write a song about that?
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:18:42 PM PDT
by
gr8eman
(Since God has been banished from our classrooms, Satan has filled the void.)
To: lee martell
Very good!.......................
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:18:50 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:21:56 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
To: BBell
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:25:00 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(government=overfunded stupidity.)
To: BBell
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:27:39 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: lefty-lie-spy
Tabloids started in the UK.
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:31:03 PM PDT
by
BBell
(calm down and eat your sandwiches)
To: BBell
Looks like the Biblical LEVIATHAN as mentioned in the Old Testament Book of Job.
To: BBell
OMG ... a fish!!!! Run for your lives!!!!!
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:34:01 PM PDT
by
al_c
(LIBERAL - Laughable Iconsiderate Blaming Entitled Ranting Anti-christian Loudmouth)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:34:06 PM PDT
by
rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: BBell
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:34:08 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
To: SeekAndFind
Defiantly a kangaroo rat.
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:34:26 PM PDT
by
loucon
To: BBell
If a dead sturgeon generate headlines like “Prehistoric SEA MONSTER washes up on beach”, it’s only a matter of time before we see a headline “Furry TREE MONSTER spotted in local park,” accompanied by a photograph of a squirrel.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:36:05 PM PDT
by
Eagles6
To: BBell
Boaters have been killed by leaping sturgeon.
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:37:17 PM PDT
by
subterfuge
(RIP T.P.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Sturgeon.
Sturgery.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
05/07/2018 12:41:45 PM PDT
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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