Mysterious Creature Spotted At Australian Beach

The appearance of a mysterious red sea monster on a beach in Australia aroused the interest of thousands of people around the world.

It all seemed like a normal day for Debbie Higgs, who was walking on the Queensland state beach on Monday, but everything changed when she found a big surprise that has caused a worldwide mystery.

Debbie Higgs was the first to see this amorphous mass of reddish color lying in the middle of the beach, showing off its bright and colorful body with a mesmerizing pattern and colors. 

The eye-catching creature came in with the tide at Coral Bay on the West Australian coast.  

As she approached, she realized that it was some kind of sea monster that she had never seen. Impressed she decided to take some pictures of it and asked her acquaintances on Twitter if they knew what they were.

"I had no idea what it was. It's definitely not a plant. It looks fluffy like a jellyfish. It's 10 inches long. It's cold and it has a lot of smell," Higgs told News Australia.

Higgs took a picture of this mysterious bright red creature and tweeted it. It got tons of retweets and replies with people speculating what it could be.

Noticing the immense reaction generated by her picture, she decided to go back to the ocean, searched for the creature, wrapped it in a towel, and took it to her house. She left it in a bucket of saltwater until expert biologists determined what it was.

The Queensland Museum of Natural Sciences had told that it was difficult to determine what it was without being able to examine it. By looking at the picture, they said that this creature looks like a sea slug, 

However, scientists said that it is a species of mollusk called Hexabranchus sanguineus, which is also known as the 'Spanish dancer'.

Hexabranchus sanguineus lives in the depths of the Indian and Pacific Oceans and can grow up to 90cm in length. 

The blob-like animal shows off its bright color in a brilliant display underwater, riding on the seafloor. 

It swims underwater via undulating whirl like a red skirt of a flamenco dancer, and usually shy away from light, preferring to come out late at night.  

Hammerhead Shark Lurking Below The Swimmer

The terrifying video showed the person joyfully relaxing in clear blue waters off a beach in Miami, Florida but unaware of the danger lurking below him.

As per the Sharksider, hammerheads have a great ability to create sudden and sharp turns.

Jason McIntosh, a drone photographer from Miami, captured this frightening footage. 

On November 15, Jason was flying his drone over the ocean. Within 25 meters off from the shore, he captured this spectacular scene. 

He said to the Press that he was flying the drone just at the south beach of Australia, trying to capture some great footage. However, the raw footage turned into something great but terrifying at the same time. His passion was to shoot wildlife within the ocean.

He also said that he had never seen hammerheads swimming within the shoreline before.

When he saw the guy floating backward, his eyes began to light up as he saw the hammerhead shark circling the swimmer. Jason was far away from the swimmer and there was no way to warn him.

The clueless swimmer was not aware of the shark’s presence. When he saw the drone, he even gave the thumbs-up sign.

The shark eventually swam off and the swimmer was unharmed.

Hammerheads sharks are lovers of warm water. They often cruise in shallow water or near the surface for an extended period of time. 

Jason also said that the ocean belongs to them and not ours. We are in their environment. We are in their ocean.

His video has racked up over 100,000 views via Instagram. Many people who saw that video told Jason that it was epic footage.

Live Tiger Found In Check-in Baggage

India arrests a traveler from Thailand who tried to smuggle a baby tiger in the suitcase

The passenger raised the suspicions of customs officials, who heard strange noises coming from his luggage

The traveler raised the suspicions of customs officials when they heard strange noises coming from his bag, and they opened it to find a small tiger weighing no more than one kilogram, which was hidden in a plastic shopping basket.

The man had arrived at India's Chennai airport, on Saturday, on a flight from Bangkok.

Airport officials told AFP that authorities were investigating whether the suspect was a member of an international animal smuggling ring.

 

The name of the accused, 45, was not released, and reports said he was "confused in his responses and tried to hide something" when questioned by customs officials.

Airport officials said the animal was in shock and was making faint noises and appeared weak.

Video footage showed airport officials feeding the baby tiger milk in a bottle.

After an assessment by vets, the mazar (baby tiger) was taken to Arignar Anna Zoo in Chennai, where it will be looked after.

Giant Deep-Sea Oarfish Dead

This weekend a giant oarfish was found dead on the Pichilingue beach in Baja California. 

As for the corpse, the oarfish was around 9 feet long in length. Residents immediately buried the scale-less and silvery fish at a seaside compost pit.

The giant oarfish is also called the king of herrings, is a deep-sea species and the longest bony fish in the world, reaching a record length of 11 meters. Its main characteristic is that it is shaped like a ribbon and has small fins.

In Japanese folklore, The mythology surrounding the giant oarfish is ominous. They call  the oarfish as “the God of the Sea”. The surfacing of deep-sea creatures like the oarfish has been associated with possible tidal wave, earthquake, tsunami or earthquake as they are sensitive to underwater fault movement.

“According to traditional belief, if a lot of oarfish show up, it could be a sign of an impending earthquake ,” National Geographic explains .

Giant oarfish are thought to frequent depths around 3,300 feet (1,000 meters). They are the longest known living species of bony fish, reaching a length of 56 feet (17 meters). They can weigh up to 600 pounds (270 kilograms).

They live in the deep of the ocean but regularly swimming to the surface in an absolutely vertical position which is remarkable. Its meat is not that great. It's poor quality, sort of "jelly"-like but the look of a Giant oarfish is an impressive sight.