{"id":29601,"date":"2013-08-22T21:14:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T17:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=29601"},"modified":"2013-08-22T21:14:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-22T17:14:31","slug":"unidentified-13ft-long-sea-monster-with-horns-washes-up-on-beach-in-spain-and-has-marine-biologists-stumped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=29601","title":{"rendered":"Unidentified 13ft-long sea monster with horns washes up on beach in Spain and has marine biologists stumped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/four-metres-long-creature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29598\" alt=\"four-metres long creature\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/four-metres-long-creature.jpg\" width=\"634\" height=\"935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/four-metres-long-creature.jpg 634w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/four-metres-long-creature-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a>With its horns, long white body and slithery form, it looks like a mythical beast.<\/p>\n<p>But this four-metre long horned creature is only too real &#8211; as the stench from its decomposing flesh proved.<\/p>\n<p>The mysterious sea creature was washed ashore in Villaricos, Spain &#8211; and tests are being done on the carcass to determine what it is.<\/p>\n<p>An unfortunate swimmer stumbled across the head before coming across the rest of the body, the Huffington Post reported.<br \/>\nCivil Protection Coordinator Maria Sanchez said: &#8216;We have no idea what it can be, but it smelled bad, because it was so badly decomposed&#8217;, Digital Spy reported.<\/p>\n<p>The extent of the deterioration of the creature meant most of the remains had to be buried for safety reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Several theories have been suggested about what the creature is &#8211; ranging from it being a type of shark to it being an oar fish, but researchers are still examining it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With its horns, long white body and slithery form, it looks like a mythical beast&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221,146,224,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-editors-choice","category-europe","category-news","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}