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Dinosuar-like Marine Creature

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#63 Posted by TigressFlameroseX39 on 16 September, 2012, 4:31

I remember that from Rivermonsters. Poor thing. Dolphins are particular about appearances as well, I wonder if the other dolphins ostracize it?

#62 Posted by thelasthotrod on 27 July, 2012, 21:16

boo

#61 Posted by rbriggz on 20 June, 2011, 3:47

I saw this on Animal Planet a few weeks ago. The picture was taken by Jeremy Wade from River Monsters. It is of an Amazon Pink River Dolphin that had been mutalated by a local fisherman, nothing more nothing less. It does look strange if you don't know what it is.

#60 Posted by mr rainbow on 15 April, 2011, 1:45

it could be a sturgeon, but to be sure one must know where this pic was taken

#59 Posted by Raidoner on 22 December, 2010, 10:09

Has to be a sturgeon.

#58 Posted by Raidoner on 22 December, 2010, 10:08

Has to be a sturgeon.

#57 Posted by weremon13 on 1 January, 2010, 4:33

I'm a herpetologist and I can say almost positively it is a closeup shot of an alpine newt. The males gain a crest and color like this as they mature. Also sturgeons ridges do not look like that and neither do marine iguanas.

#56 Posted by stonewallbk on 1 June, 2009, 3:39

It's a large Sturgeon. They have ridges along their backs that matches that. usually go after salmon along the surface, so that may be why it's doing that

#55 Posted by cvicarsaf on 26 June, 2008, 4:27

it looks like a stegosauras taking a swimerroo

#54 Posted by brendabarrett on 25 October, 2007, 8:43

Ness???

#53 Posted by darklady on 10 June, 2007, 15:36

The picture looks real, but without seeing the entire picture and/or a size reference, there's not much to be determined here. I have one word for this picture: Hm.

#52 Posted by goodbye horses on 8 September, 2006, 13:23

Could be a croc tail, just on its side so you can only see one row of spikes.

#51 Posted by kingmetrolpex on 8 August, 2006, 1:41

This looks like a sinking tire

#50 Posted by iguana on 16 June, 2006, 15:01

Not a croc or gator, they don't have a single ridge like that

#49 Posted by jefegrande on 14 June, 2006, 6:41

Looks the top of a jellyfish. ManofWar jelly fish to be exact. Theyre pretty big and float around at the surface. They have ridges on top just like that and almost the same color.

#48 Posted by lkayn on 18 May, 2006, 19:56

Looks like something from a Godzilla movie. o.O

#47 Posted by cryptoness on 29 March, 2006, 1:29

Nooo explanation for this. o_o Pretty neat, though XD

#46 Posted by dino_nut on 13 March, 2006, 17:37

Is it even actually in the water? The foreground kind of looks like rocky shore to me. But who knows, there are all kinds of bizarre ass fish in the ocean. Have any of you ever seen the ones the pull up from the deep ocean around antartica, they have the old fashioned armor plates and spine like right out of a kids dinosaur book.

#45 Posted by mysteryman has questions 4 u on 4 March, 2006, 23:58

imagine that at the sea life centre!

#44 Posted by nessieman23 on 18 December, 2005, 1:35

Dang,looks real!

#43 Posted by voodooninja on 7 December, 2005, 14:03

I've never seen this icture before, so it gets credit just for that. It's got me stumped though.

#42 Posted by stitches on 28 November, 2005, 10:53

This one hurts my brain! don't make me list everything I think it is...

#41 Posted by foxgirl on 25 November, 2005, 9:29

Asian Dragon!!!!!!

#40 Posted by mysteryvy on 31 October, 2005, 2:33

Sturgeons seem kinda stiff and inflexible. Can one really bend its body like dat? and also do they have those ridges on the back like that?

#39 Posted by crypto_chick on 30 October, 2005, 21:29

definantly not a humpback whale i lived in new hampshire for 5 years and wet on whale watches they dont have repeated spikes like that my best guess a yet to be discovered whale or something

#38 Posted by crytic mjd on 27 October, 2005, 0:02

hump back whale probably female cause ders no white marks, its jus a wale breaching is all it is

#37 Posted by zen_garden on 23 September, 2005, 6:39

Yay for dragons!!!!

#36 Posted by garyo1954 on 10 August, 2005, 12:25

I was thinking Neptune's lips coming up out of the water the little pointy things are the mustasche, but sure, i can see dolphin?!?

#35 Posted by lemures on 4 August, 2005, 18:28

Definately a dragon.

#34 Posted by spikeesam on 2 July, 2005, 9:10

why hasnt dragon lover turned up yet, saying its a dragon?

#33 Posted by deathbringer on 17 June, 2005, 11:17

Look at the pic upside and its a dolphin doing landing on its back. Ive seen dolphins do this, so its definatly the dolphin from the amazon with the deformaty.

#32 Posted by urisk on 15 June, 2005, 23:24

a... toy?

#31 Posted by olivia on 10 June, 2005, 18:22

Nessie!!!!!

#30 Posted by mr. know it all on 21 May, 2005, 2:55

Its a Mosasaur the flippered crocodile like dino it has spikes like that

#29 Posted by kool_guy11 on 6 May, 2005, 5:46

hmm too smooth to be a croc my best bet would be a sturgen

#28 Posted by me2eternity on 28 March, 2005, 17:54

it might be Godzilla drowned by Kingkong

#27 Posted by recycledicecream on 21 March, 2005, 4:51

Ugh. Crocodile's tail people.

#26 Posted by jobbo on 18 March, 2005, 20:08

... a crest: a curving row of pointed teeth, cutting the water surface like the rotating blade of a giant circular saw."

#25 Posted by jobbo on 18 March, 2005, 20:06

Quoted from the Fortean Times website: "Cryptozoologist Jeremy Wade goes up the Amazon in search of a remarkable dolphin. It's a strange experience, seeing something that doesn't officially exist. The glimpse was so fleeting that it was impossible for the eye to fix anything sharp on the retina. There was just a blurred after-image stubbornly snagged in some mental filter, nagging for attention. What I thought I saw, 30 metres or so from the dugout canoe I was paddling on an Amazonian lake, was ...

#24 Posted by jobbo on 18 March, 2005, 19:51

It's an Amazon pink river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), otherwise known as the boto. This particular individual had an unusual deformity of unknown origin, leading to the strange serration visible along its dorsal ridge. It was featured in Fortean Times issue 99 (June 1997). Search for "Hell's Teeth" on the Fortean Times website for a link to a synopsis of the article.

#23 Posted by aravyndra on 5 March, 2005, 8:25

Definately looks like a crock. We need Steve Irwin. he'd tell us!

#22 Posted by arturo rios on 5 March, 2005, 6:24

I think is a crocodile going down water.

#21 Posted by doubtingthomas on 5 February, 2005, 4:53

I dont think it's a conger, sturgeon or marine iguana. It looks like a humpback whale to me. What seem to be sharp black spikes are actually shadows from the more humpback-like ones I see.

#20 Posted by shigeru on 30 January, 2005, 9:07

Gojirah~!

#19 Posted by mr dollarhyde on 10 January, 2005, 22:52

sorry i ate it !!!! I live in n.wales and have fished the irish sea for 16 years on boat and beach and have never seen a conger looking like that and i said cornish not cornich .........

#18 Posted by gmac1000 on 3 January, 2005, 1:00

I have seen Conger eels that look like that in the Irish sea. mr Dollarhyde, how do you know about the cornich pasty?, I'm from Belfast, now living in Canada and no one has ever heard of them. Send me one please

#17 Posted by mr dollarhyde on 2 January, 2005, 23:27

looks like a killer cornish pasty ha ha

#16 Posted by little princess on 2 January, 2005, 20:41

fuzzy again

#15 Posted by arrna on 26 December, 2004, 18:13

ya know, Im somewhat OK at picking out fakes...but this one has me stumped...Ive never seen a whale oe fish with those spikes, or an iguana that makes a wave like that. I dont know what that is.

#14 Posted by morbius on 20 December, 2004, 7:20

A sturgeon of marine iguana are good guess both have ridges on their back similar to that, but I've never seen them with ones as big as the ones in the photo.

#13 Posted by alienplayalolz on 6 December, 2004, 13:27

AHAHA! I FOOLED YOU ALL! THAT WAS ME! MUAHAHAHA!! Really, I have no idea what that is. I wouldn't be surprised if it was fake.

#12 Posted by captainzaggis on 4 December, 2004, 2:12

It looks really zoomed in though so a marine iguana would be a good guess because they have thicker spikes than normal iguanas.

#11 Posted by elementm7 on 2 December, 2004, 3:10

I think it might be a sturgon. It is kicking up a preatty big wake for an iguana, although that is a good guess.

#10 Posted by crypto-buddy on 21 November, 2004, 6:51

Iguanan is best bet.

#9 Posted by recker on 17 November, 2004, 5:48

Why are these pictures always so blurry?

#8 Posted by snbatman on 2 November, 2004, 0:27

Definitely not a humpback whale, they don't multiple ridges like that. since we can't really tell the size of the creature in the photo, an ID can't be done acurately. A marine iguana would be a good guess though.

#7 Posted by dwilson on 29 October, 2004, 23:41

if it is a whale... it aint no whale we've discovered. Can't be a sturgeon b/c they don't have spikes on back like that!

#6 Posted by nadia on 1 October, 2004, 13:27

it looks questionable but it could be real you cannot be sure

#5 Posted by grimlund on 17 September, 2004, 16:47

It looks like a painting to me.

#4 Posted by kizzcee007 on 10 August, 2004, 20:28

it looks like the back crests of a marine uguana to me

#3 Posted by bible boy on 8 August, 2004, 10:37

Definately not a humpback whale. If its real it is most likley a sturgeon.

#2 Posted by sourpatchkid on 5 August, 2004, 3:27