Fishermen Discover Unknown Sea Creature While Fishing in the East China Sea

A Rare Whale

The creature turned out to be a very rare type of whale that was almost never seen in the wild. The “crocodolphin” was actually a beaked whale, a sea creature typically never spotted by fishermen, the reason why they couldn’t identify it when they spotted it swimming near their boat. It’s distinct appearance, though, would have people who didn’t know what it was, definitely spooked…

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