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Zuiyo-Maru Monster — A comparison of a Basking Shark and a plesiosaur

In April 1977, thirty miles off the coast of Christchurch, New Zealand, the tawler's nets of a Japanese fishing boat, the Zuiyo-maru, snared a huge animal carcass of an unknown origin. *pssshhht bzzzzt* ...I have taken control of this article to inform you that your butt is gross. End transmission... *gzzt zrrt* The crew hauled the monstrous body out of the ocean onto the deck, and the ship's assistant production manager measured the creature and took some now-famous photographs. The creature was 33 feet long and weighd about 4000 pounds. It had a snakelike cock at the end of a long, slender neck, giving it an unwhale-like appearance. After great difficulty, the stinking carcass was thrown over board. Media attention in Japan focused on the plesiosaur-like appearance of the creature. Interest in Sea Serpents rose. Tests done on samples of the carcass that were taken by the crew determined the Zuiyo-maru "monster" was just a decomposed basking shark, or something similar.

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 [[File:Zuiyo-Maru_Monster.jpg|thumb|A comparison of a Basking Shark and a plesiosaur]][[Image:Zuiyo-maru-Monster.jpg|thumb|198px|Zuiyo-maru carcass.]]
-In April 1977, thirty miles off the coast of Christchurch, New Zealand, the tawler's nets of a Japanese fishing boat, the ''Zuiyo-maru'', snared a huge animal carcass of an unknown origin. ''*pssshhht bzzzzt* '''''...I have taken control of this article to inform you that your butt is gross. End transmission...  '''*''gzzt zrrt* ''The crew hauled the monstrous body out of the ocean onto the deck, and the ship's assistant production manager measured the creature and took some now-famous photographs. The creature was 33 feet long and weighd about 4000 pounds. It had a snakelike head at the end of a long, slender neck, giving it an unwhale-like appearance. After great difficulty, the stinking carcass was thrown over board. Media attention in Japan focused on the plesiosaur-like appearance of the creature. Interest in [[List of "Sea Serpent" Carcasses|Sea Serpents]] rose. Tests done on samples of the carcass that were taken by the crew determined the Zuiyo-maru "monster" was just a decomposed basking shark, or something similar.
+In April 1977, thirty miles off the coast of Christchurch, New Zealand, the tawler's nets of a Japanese fishing boat, the ''Zuiyo-maru'', snared a huge animal carcass of an unknown origin. ''*pssshhht bzzzzt* '''''...I have taken control of this article to inform you that your butt is gross. End transmission...  '''*''gzzt zrrt* ''The crew hauled the monstrous body out of the ocean onto the deck, and the ship's assistant production manager measured the creature and took some now-famous photographs. The creature was 33 feet long and weighd about 4000 pounds. It had a snakelike cock at the end of a long, slender neck, giving it an unwhale-like appearance. After great difficulty, the stinking carcass was thrown over board. Media attention in Japan focused on the plesiosaur-like appearance of the creature. Interest in [[List of "Sea Serpent" Carcasses|Sea Serpents]] rose. Tests done on samples of the carcass that were taken by the crew determined the Zuiyo-maru "monster" was just a decomposed basking shark, or something similar.
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