From The Telegraph: DNA could help identify 200-year-old Stronsay Beast.
A sea "creature" washed up on an island shore two centuries ago could be identified by pioneering DNA techniques.
The animal was dubbed the Stronsay Beast after it was found on the island in Orkney in 1808.
It was once suggested that it was a basking shark, but the claim has been disputed because [continue]
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What’s this ‘sea beasts on shore’ theme?
What can I say? Sometimes there are theme days, and I’m as surprised to find out about them as you are, Michael. It’s not like I plan a sea beasts day, you know.
The theme continued when we walked along the local beach this afternoon and found dozens of dead jellyfish – big monstrous ones, probably twenty inches or more across. So, yeah. It was just a sea-beast kind of day.