Eeps! Is this the missing link or an experiment genetics ?

Question

this picture was taken of a 'beast' washed ashore some place in long island (actually near Plum Island animal disease center)

http://gawker.com/5030531/dead-monster-washes-ashore-in-montauk

Answer 1

It is quite clearly a fake - A mash up of two images. Did you actually saee the thing in the flesh? I doubt it!

Answer 2

Sorry to burst your bubble, but I can safely say, that is NOT a dead dog or tortoise without a shell. Nutria is a more interesting idea, but the beak makes that idea also unlikely.

It must either be highly mutated, or a fake, as it has both a beak and clear, defined teeth showing, and there is no animal I can think of that has a motuh anything like that.

Answer 3

i dont know why everyone is dismissing the possibility of a rare species

Answer 4

I'm pretty sure it is a tortoise without its shell

Check this out, and they live in the area

http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/sn...

Answer 5

Looks like a dead nutria to me. One that’s been in the water awhile. Yuck.

Answer 6

That is a dead dog, that has had part of its face eaten away by fish or crabs.

Edit:  That is NOT a beak.  That's what the upper part of a dog face looks like without its flesh, and missing some of its teeth.

I'm still saying:  This is a dead dog.  Post the question under the pets-dogs category, and I betcha someone will even be able to tell you the breed (looks like a bulldog to me).