Unknown Beast Washes up on Russian Shores: What is it?

I love discoveries like this; unknown animal remains by a roadside or washed up to sea... Whether it is a known creature or not at the beginning of the discovery is irrelevant. What I like is the fact that everyone is curious and works together. Its a common idea to be afraid of the unknown but in cases like this something unknown is such a rare and exciting thing in today's world.

I think the skull looks like a sheep or ram or something, but the tail suggests some kind of crocodile/alligator. Here's hoping it is a new/unknown animal! :-)

be cool if it was unknown new animal but I doubt it.

Thanks for your support and I agree that  it is the curiousity and sense of wonder that makes these pieces so interetsing. Speaking for myself,i find the creature quite revolting, but they say that beauty is in  the eye of the beholder!

Thanks for your comment.

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M Dee Dubroff

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 It is possible. they are finding new species every day.

 It sure is creepy though, isn't it? 

Thanks for your comment. 

Yours in Words,

M Dee Dubroff

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It's a species of dolphin.
Probably not the exact one pictured below, but never the less a dolphin.

That "hair" looks like seaweed to me.

http://www.skullsunlimited.com/graphics/white-sided-dolphin-skeleton-lg....

Is this a science savvy site? All I did was look up ocean skeletons on Google, duh!

-Alex.

Dude, look at the teeth in the picture and look at the Dolphin teeth, they are nothing alike. This creature has teeth that are huge!

Did you notice the date of the original article? Sep 5 2006. Two years ago. Don't you think by now they'd know what it is? Anyone know of a follow-up story?

 I will keep checking for a follow up on this piece, but so far there has been nothing printed about it, at least as far as I know.

it is not a dolphin or any kind or a fish; that i do know. 

Thank you for all your comments.

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M Dee Dubroff

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The dolphin skeleton idea really didnt look all that far off.
Except for the size of it, when u look at the photo with the guys in the background, that is quite a big skeleton, and dolphins usually are not all that big.

So i thought, whats the next biggest thing? Orca

The skull and teeth are very similar and the size would be about right.
A beluga skeleton would also be possible as they are very similar.

And the "Hair" looks like shredded remnants of the blubber. Which if it was floating at sea for a long length of time while being fed on, the blubber would probably be shredded quite abit.

Orca Skeleton

A few orca skeleton pics

One of the better pics of a dead whale being harvested, with a somewhat hairy appearance to the blubber

Hi there-

Thanks for your comment.

I guess it could be an Orca whale, but my understanding is that they were sure it was not anything fromt the fish world. I realize whales are in another class, but who knows? That the skin might be blubber is a most interesting point.

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M Dee Dubroff

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Hi there-

Thanks for your comment.

I guess it could be an Orca whale, but my understanding is that they were sure it was not anything fromt the fish world. I realize whales are in another class, but who knows? That the skin might be blubber is a most interesting point.

Yours in Words,

M Dee Dubroff

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My first thought was that it was a gray seal carcass.They can be about 8 feet long and up to 1000 pounds. The jaws look about right. The object in the picture may be larger, but it is hard to tell.

Hi there-

Thank you for your imput.

I guess it could be a gray seal. I only wonder why there have been no accounts published (at least that i know of) concerning what this creature is.

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M Dee Dubroff

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don't know if it's a safe site to visit but there is a site that goes on the line that it's a beluga whale. If using google and "sakhalin shoreline"

I think its a Skeksis

I meant Mystic

Thanks for your thoughts on this. I don't believe we will ever really know what this creature is.

If we did, it wouldn't be quite so interesting, would it? 

Yours in Words,

M Dee Dubroff

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Not at all surprising if this would be a living fossil - a dinosaur-kind sea creature from prehistoric times.

Cheers! :-)

This thing was on englishrussia.com two years ago and was identified then. It's not prehistoric creature, the concensus on the site, was that it was either an decomposed orca, or beluga whale.

Really inventorspot, if you have to resort to tripe like this to generate hits, it's a sad day.

What perplexes me most is the last few comments in the article that we don't know where we come from or why we procreate... has the author not been exposed to Evolution or the thoughts of progression? Not a dig, a mere observation.

Their is a website that investigates unknown species...(cant remember the name of it)
Either way, this picture was on the site a few years ago, and was identified as either a bear or a whale, cant remember which.

Bottom line - move along...nothing to see here. Just old internet stuff resurfacing with those that didn't see it the first time.

 Thank you for your comment.

Yours in Words,

M Dee Dubroff

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What I want to know is, why didnt they remove the junk so we can get a better look to see what it is. It is too covered with junk to determine.

You have a point.

I don't know the answer, but thanks for your comment.

Yours in Words,

M Dee Dubroff

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