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Shark or sea monster? The Canadian marine mystery that still intrigues experts 90 years on

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Shark or sea monster? The Canadian marine mystery that still intrigues experts 90 years on
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Debate continues to rage over whether a strange carcass found in 1937 was a new species or a basking shark. Either way, the case reveals how little is known about what lies beneath the wavesIts head resembled a dog’s, its downturned nose a camel’s, and at the end of its reptilian body was the tail of horse. Witnesses say it was covered in a thin white film. When the remains of a strange creature were pulled from the stomach of a sperm whale, most of those present agreed: it was a sea monster – o

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