The fanged, faceless sea creature that washed ashore during Harvey has been identified

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The fanged, faceless sea creature that washed ashore during Harvey has been identified.

From a picture posted by Preeti Desai on Twitter. https://twitter.com/preetalina/status/905578912348024834/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnews%2Fspeaking-of-science%2Fwp%2F2017%2F09%2F14%2Fthe-fanged-faceless-sea-creature-that-washed-ashore-during-harvey-has-been-identified%2F

In an article by Lindsey Bever published on September 14, 2017, the identify of the mysterious creature that washed ashore in Texas City, about 15 miles from Galveston, TX was revealed.

Kenneth Tighe, a biologist and eel-expert with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, identifed the creature as ” most likely a fangtooth snake-eel, or Aplatophis chauliodus.”

http://wapo.st/2wrIWaz

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