A toothy unidentified sea creature washed up on a Texas City beach after Hurricane Harvey. The remains of the creature were discovered by a resident of the town of Priti Desai from the National Audubon Society (an environmental organization) who posted pictures on her Twitter and asked if anyone knew what the creature was.
This was last week and since then the photos have been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people, including marine biologists. Some were convinced that it was some kind of unexplored fish, others suggested that it was the so-called saber-toothed eel (Aplatophis chauliodus).
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This eel usually lives at depths from 60 to 90 meters, but the strongest waves from a hurricane could well have thrown it into shallow water, and then onto the shore. But in the photographs of the remains, his eyes are not visible at all, the creature from the beach seems completely blind.
Biologists answered the questions about the eyes that the eyes are not visible, because the carcass is already in the stage of strong decomposition (however, its "front" part looks rather dried out than decomposed).
Dr. Kenneth Ty of the Smithsonian National Museum also thinks. that it could be a saber-toothed eel, but admits that another species of eel, such as Bathyuroconger vicinus or Xenomystax congroides, also famous for their ominous sharp teeth, could have thrown onto the beach.
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