I for one hope this is just an illusion, or I wont be taking a dip in the sea so soon. However, original owner claims this is a real sea monster that was dumped by the sea on a near-bye beach. Discovery Channel also claimed that unbelievable sea creatures live in deep-sea, and that we aren't aware of their existance. Probably this one is a representative... but I doubt it. Decide for yourself, but before you do, jump inside this article for more pictures, and then jump to eBay for more info on this bid.









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  1. Anonymous Kemuel 

    I really, really hope that in fact *is* an illusion.

    Then again, if such a creature exists those choppers wouldn't just be for show and would probably have made headlines somewhere by now.

  2. Anonymous daniel 

    it's obviously fake, those teeth are clearly from a mammal, ask any zoo anatomist.

    regards!

  3. Anonymous Alex 

    I'd say it was like a Fiji Mermaid sort of thing, but it's really well done. The shape of the head is almost canine, and the teeth definately look like they came from a dog. I very much doubt that's a fish of any sort (I've never seen any fish with teeth like that). I think it's a hoax.

    The sale mentions it's been stuffed by a taxidermist (which raises the possibility of it being crypto-taxidermy) and that it is mummified. I don't know a lot about taxidermy, but do they mummify animals after stuffing them?


    A very, very good hoax, but a PT Barnum-style sideshow attraction nonetheless in my opinion.

    Great for scaring people on Hallowe'en, though.

  4. Anonymous Chongo 

    Come on people.... You can tell it's a baboon (or similar ape) head taxidermied into a fish body. I think it's real and it's actually well done art.

  5. Anonymous Jack 

    Clearly its a HOAX those jaws and teeth came from a wild boar or a warthog or somethin. Just look at the structure of the head and compare it with a pic of a warthog or boar. Now you can tell a Difeerence.

  6. Anonymous Admiral 

    Its Obvious! It's a fake! Why would any creature need jaws that big to feed such a miniscule body?

    (If it looks like a duck, walks with a waddle and quacks - IT'S A DUCK!!!)

  7. Anonymous er 

    I like it. I would make a good pet :)

  8. Anonymous TI-89 

    Isn't this called Crypto-taxidermy , where another animals bodies is used in combination.

  9. Anonymous Hai 

    pet?! ur nuts, er

  10. Anonymous Twilight 

    To those who are bitching: Sheesh guys, This is why it is on an optical illusion site, duh!

  11. Anonymous name 

    It has to be fake. whoever made it didn't even do a good job. Just threw together something from different creatures.

  12. Anonymous biclops 

    I doubt the whole massive teeth but there are stranger deep ocean fish......

  13. Anonymous Kitsy 

    It doesn't even have gills so it couldn't possibly be a fish,the head is too big and the teeth are way too big and that top fin is a bone so it couldn't swim. So yeah I think it is one of those cryto-taxidermy things...

  14. Anonymous Big Al 

    It has no gills.... maybe thats how it dies?!

  15. Anonymous roseline 

    a combination ofm fish and .. and .. and..

    i don't know

  16. Anonymous Johny Rocket 

    Its a fake.... on the guys previous ebay records it shows that he bought a baboon skull... what a mystery that this shows up... plus he sold other wierd critters.... interesting though

  17. Anonymous shutup 

    twilight is right and every1 else should shut the ell up

  18. Anonymous Red. 

    haha, that fish does not make any anatomical sense. why would such a small fish need such a big head? funny tho :)

  19. Anonymous LUNA TIC 

    DUDES NO JOKE WHERE THAT GUY IS STANDING IS ON AN ISLAND SUM WHERE IN THE PACIFIC I WAS THERE AN I SAW SUMTHING SIMALAR IT SCARED THE SHIP OUT OF ME

  20. Anonymous smart 

    If it was real, it wouldn't have died with its mouth open

  21. Anonymous Gubbins 

    There's my dog

  22. Anonymous EIO 

    i wish it was real, but it's a fake

  23. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i actualy saw this on ebay and did a little snooping myself. i found it is a monkey skull with teath he bought on ebay a few months prior and then he is some sort of taxidermist. i asked him why he told people it was real, he said it was cuz they knew it was a lie but that it was fun, more so than saying he made it

  24. Anonymous Anonymous 

    although this is a total fake, it is nicely done though. as to the fiji mermaid comment, that wasn't as obvious as this, they had to get scientist to come in and examine it. i know-- did a project on phineas barnum like 3 months ago. nice allusion though, that's what i thought of too. (oh and this is directed to alex) ~~lauren!

  25. Anonymous Anonymous 

    monkey head, monkey and some other kind of teeth,little fish body.
    what an idiot

  26. Blogger guitarking 

    I agree that it's fake, but the point is, it's an ILLUSION website. It is pretty well done.

  27. Anonymous Jessie_K 

    I have been lurking around here for a while now and I would like to say Nice site!

    For this being a taxi. job, it is rather well done.

    (I too wouldnt mind haveing the as a pet)

  28. Anonymous Anonymous 

    if it is real it must have been out of the water for an extended amount of time, or else its skin is really different than anything we have ever seen before, personally I'm surprised its not roting, real or not.

  29. Blogger Lin (boggart girl) 

    Holy.... I'm not sure how this was done, all the comments above seem plausible, but either way, it REALLY creeps me out. It kind of looks like a mutated monkey/ baboon/ pirana thingy

  30. Anonymous Anonymous 

    it is not real if it was mummified it's bones would show more

  31. Anonymous Anonymous 

    this is weird because on the beach shots it looks quite big but then in other pictures its shown with someones hand holding it and is a lot smaller

  32. Anonymous Anonymous 

    i think it looks like an evil scooby-doo

  33. Anonymous Anonymous 

    Man u can see someone shoved a baboon skull in it.. (the damn teeth wont even fit)
    http://www.skullsite.co.uk/Chacma/chacma.htm
    thats some crazy crypto taxidermy...
    if we have jackalope, why not the babooncuda? (though its shorter than barracuda... makes up for those damn teeth) lol

  34. Anonymous Anonymous 

    gross...

  35. Anonymous Mugen 

    the first two pics make is seem huge, but then he is holding it in his hand...

  36. Anonymous michael 

    clearly a fake. fish dont have eyelids and in the botom pic. it has its eyes closed

  37. Anonymous Me haha!!! 

    i agree w/ mugen. i think the real illusion is why it looks so huge in the first to pix but so small in the next one. mind you...that's pretty easy to figure out.

  38. Anonymous Anonymous 

    this thing has to be a fake, if you saw that thing lying on the beach would you pick it up?

  39. Anonymous Anonymous 

    I think its kinda cute!




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