dharma warrior Posted April 3, 2013 #26 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Doesn't appear to be a sea going ostrich or marine kangaroo. Curious! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted April 3, 2013 #27 Share Posted April 3, 2013 http://doubtfulnews....-hyped-in-china A possible candidate could be a Frilled Shark. Here's a photo of a shark skeleton - similar, no? http://www.marinebio...ton for web.jpg Great photo! Does look very similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OverSword Posted April 3, 2013 #28 Share Posted April 3, 2013 hoax hoax hoax. There is absolutley no flesh left on the bones and yet enough cartlidge to hold the entire skeleton together? Right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritWriter Posted April 3, 2013 #29 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I like dragons with arms and legs better the ones with wings are the best. Great find I think. Even if it isnt a dragon its obscure enough not to be easily identified so that must mean something.. like they are rare, have little relatives, have good hiding places and take a long time to die... probably something like a lochness creature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xYlvax Posted April 3, 2013 #30 Share Posted April 3, 2013 The skull greatly resembles an ox or an impala.. I would love if this thing had dna tests run and doesn't suddenly disappear, or get thrown back into the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritWriter Posted April 3, 2013 #31 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Yeah probably a shark with pieces missing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted April 3, 2013 #32 Share Posted April 3, 2013 It is definately a fish. The tail shows clearly that this is a upright "fish like" tail, not a fluke or flipper like a mammal would have. And the vertebrae look like fish to me also. Sharks and other fish have those slots in the bones, while whale bones are solid. Shark vertebrae can even be made into beads for jewelry. Whale vertebrae... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q-C Posted April 3, 2013 #33 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Apparently "sea creature" in English is also "sea creature" in Chinese. Heard it twice. Back to the mystery... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted April 3, 2013 #34 Share Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) Kind of looks like the skeleton of a Great White shark. The tail matches up as does the nose of hte skull. Source: Wikipedia - Great White Shark. Take away the jaws and the rest of the fins and other bits and the skull is almost the same. And look at the spines on the Great Whites tail and compare to the tail section of the monster. Could be another shark species, but clearly is an open ocean type of shark. Edited April 3, 2013 by DieChecker 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marozi Posted April 3, 2013 #35 Share Posted April 3, 2013 As you said it could be another shark. The tail and skull structure is pretty similiar in those sharks so I would like to know a more specific detail before I agree to a Great White,Its certainly not a frilled shark btw the cranium of Chlamydoselachus africana for example is obviously very different (http://www.mlml.calstate.edu/system/files/private/Ebert%2526Compagno%20C_africana%20sp%20n%202009.pdf) and probably the skull of C. anguineus is it too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanthurion2 Posted April 3, 2013 #36 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Not a shark, It's Shenron's baby dammit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted April 3, 2013 #37 Share Posted April 3, 2013 ANYONE ELSE SEE HOLES FOR TUSKS??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ouija ouija Posted April 3, 2013 #38 Share Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) African Wart Hog ....... are we getting closer? (Missing lower jaw, obviously). Yes, the more I look at warthog skulls the more I'm convinced that's what it is ...... with the spine of something else attached and the lower jaw missing. Edited April 3, 2013 by ouija ouija 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy hair candy Posted April 3, 2013 #39 Share Posted April 3, 2013 In china If it has a pulse, its lunch. This was just somebodies leftovers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted April 3, 2013 #40 Share Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) As you said it could be another shark. The tail and skull structure is pretty similiar in those sharks so I would like to know a more specific detail before I agree to a Great White,Its certainly not a frilled shark btw the cranium of Chlamydoselachus africana for example is obviously very different (http://www.mlml.cals...a sp n 2009.pdf) and probably the skull of C. anguineus is it too. I was looking for a frilled shark skull online... Your Kung Fu must be better then mine. The eye sockets of the frilled shark fit in with the "tusk holes", but the nose does not quite match. Could be a cousin species to the Frilled shark maybe? Also from what I read, the Frilled Shark usually is less then 2 meters long, and this "dragon was almost 4 meters long. Edited April 3, 2013 by DieChecker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted April 3, 2013 #41 Share Posted April 3, 2013 (edited) Oh yeah!!! Found this.... Looks very close in my opinion. Anyway.... CLEARLY a shark. Edited April 3, 2013 by DieChecker 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted April 3, 2013 #42 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Could be a similar shaped shark. Bull sharks... Great White sharks... Tiger sharks... Bronze whaler... Mako... Whitetip... http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/info/sharksmart/identifying-sharks All reach 3.5 meters and have similar head anatomy, so it could be any large shark. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeta Reticulum Posted April 3, 2013 #43 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Sharks don't have skeletons... they have cartilage instead of bones, except for their jaws. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted April 3, 2013 #44 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Sharks don't have skeletons... they have cartilage instead of bones, except for their jaws. True, and yet the cartilage can last quite a while longer then the flesh, and can even be collected washed up on beaches and made into jewelry/beads. It is not jelly after all, but a hard non-calcified material. Lots of fossilized shark vertebrae are found around the world in ocean fossil beds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted April 4, 2013 #45 Share Posted April 4, 2013 The more photos that you guys put up, the more I think it is a shark's remains. Too bad, I was hoping for a Mosasaur, lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashotep Posted April 4, 2013 #46 Share Posted April 4, 2013 (edited) I'm starting to think Shark or Dolphin but that wouldn't be as cool as a dragon or get the media attention. Edited April 4, 2013 by Hilander 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xYlvax Posted April 4, 2013 #47 Share Posted April 4, 2013 After all of those marvelous shark pictures, I'm rooting towards shark myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talion Posted April 4, 2013 #48 Share Posted April 4, 2013 No, not shark, this is something "different". These are veteran fisherman who have seen a lot, they would know a shark carcass if it was so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csspwns Posted April 4, 2013 #49 Share Posted April 4, 2013 An oarfish perhaps? http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZ8R3cxqNEucU-C27CqMj0bvqXnTVz7b34tFQf0sNrP_uomNHW http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ1jdsWqubmB5oe63qKRAgz32iKdDomCMYATNxWt0mH_S_ms3C9MQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xYlvax Posted April 4, 2013 #50 Share Posted April 4, 2013 (edited) I'd love to think it was something else, but it represents the sharks pictures depicted almost completely, if you'd take the time to look, Talion. I love to be corrected and find truth as well; I have the humility to accept greater evidence. There is really no reason to find this as something other than a natural decaying creature. I'm not going to say that it is truly a shark by what I find the further evidence, because my opinion is just one being swayed by logical portrayals. Yeah, it's a shark. Edited to add: As for those "veteran" fisherman, I'm sure they're not really used to dragging up carcasses without the flesh still on them, that are so oddly composed. They're used to catching fish.. and to be quite frank, most are rather dull. Most. They really don't recognize the skeletal structures of many beasts, let alone many of the beasts they capture in nets. Edited April 4, 2013 by AliveInDeath7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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