Comments on: Mystery Photos: Sea Serpent or Plesiosaur? Name That Carcass!

By: CryptoInformant

CryptoInformant — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:03:12 +0000

ARRGH!!

Even whale genitalia is on the centerline of the body! The long, tapered part is the tail, not the neck. After further research I have withdrawn my pliosaur conclusion and suggested a placement firmly in the Squamata. The dimunitive rear flipper, long tail, stout head, barrel-chest, and powerful front flippers suggest a close relation to the largest mosasaur to have ever lived, Hainosaurus. This racks it up to 2 CryptoMundo mosasaurs so far; the Mystery Fish and this.

By: RockerEm

RockerEm — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 03:37:08 +0000

From first glance I automatically believed this was indeed a sea creature from the creatacious period but I’ve only come across this dinosaurs having 4 fins and here it seems as if this creature has only two. On that note, this is infact NOT a WHALE. Whales have large fan-like tales and this thing doesn’t. Plus a long neck? Yeah people, what whale has a long, lean neck? As a result, I believe either way, that this is infact a discovery on some level!

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:19:14 +0000

In my experience, even a .50 calibre pumpkin ball leaves a pretty small entrance wound and a wicked exit wound where the bullet deforms on impact. If those are from a bullet that didn’t pass all the way through the whale those are some awfully big entrance wounds (of course there could be smaller holes I can’t see on the other side of this and those are exit wounds), but looking at it closer, and blown up, they do look a bit jagged around the edges, so you are probably right about the gunshot.
I stand corrected.

By: Savage30L

Savage30L — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:48:01 +0000

“…Sucker marks from a giant squid?..”

No, bullet holes from an automatic 30-caliber weapon.

Russian or Chinese, probably.

Less likely, but possible, some Yahoos roaming down the beach with a .44 magnum.

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:12:37 +0000

The circle wounds are indeed intriguing.

Sucker marks from a giant squid?

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:11:42 +0000

A lot of animals could have large genetalia. Trying to keep from snickering as I write this. Seriously though, I’ve mentioned in a previous post about the idea that some of these animals that appear to be whales, but not quite, could be a result of “convergent evolution”. Some animals are going to evolve along similar lines in order to fit a specific ecological niche. Nature comes up with similar solutions for similar problems. Sharks and dolphins are totally different creatures, yet retain the same type of form and contours in order to survive in a specific niche. Although I believe this to be a whale, it could very well be an animal that has adapted to a similar environment and thus could look quite reminiscent of a whale, especially when decomposed. Just a thought.

By: Toirtis

Toirtis — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 22:52:54 +0000

It is a whale, and that is a penis. What is more interesting is the series of somewhat circular wounds just in front of the genital area.

By: wildolphin6

wildolphin6 — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 19:35:34 +0000

Aren’t all cetacean ‘babies’ breech birth?

And at 1/4 to 1/3 the mother’s size I’d expect a newborn to be much bigger than that.

If that is indeed a whale I’d doubt that the appendage is a fetus.

By: purrlcat

purrlcat — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 03:27:43 +0000

Whatever it is, I think it died giving birth. I am with Savage30L on this one.

By: Maohk Kiaayo

Maohk Kiaayo — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 21:03:06 +0000

Well if I ever came across something that I wasnt sure of I would take as many pictures as I could from every angle with size comparisons. I would also try to collect bone and skin tissue or perhaps the skull if it was possible to do so. If no one else would do anything then I sure as heck would. Would you not risk ridicule to make the scientific discovery of the century and therein by discovering a legend become a legend yourself?