Sailors were stunned after finding a creepy creature with the body of a shark and the face of a pig in the sea. The bizarre animal was spotted by naval officers floating in the water before it was pulled pulled out of the ocean - and it at first glance it appeared to be a shark.
When the sailors took a closer look, the sea creature actually had a face that better resembled a pig with a peculiar 'snout'.
But they quickly dispelled rumours it was some kind of mutant after it was identified as an extremely rare Angular roughshark (Oxynotus centrina).It is also sometimes known as a pig-faced shark because it emits a 'grunt' when pulled out of the water.The creature was discovered in the waters at the Darsena Medicea marina in the town of.
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