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Elise Poore

10 creatures that washed up on the world's beaches in 2023

A pilot whales lies stranded on a beach.

The ocean is teeming with strange and little-seen creatures, but occasionally these enigmas from the deep wash ashore. Sometimes those strandings solve a mystery and other times they raise more questions than they answer. This year was no different, with ghoulish lightbulb-headed fish, a rotting "mermaid" and deep-dwelling pregnant sharks teeming with embryos all making appearances on beaches this year. 

Pacific footballfish 

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