Creatures with alien-like shapes shocked the Australian public. This creature washed up on Bondi Beach, Sydney. What animal is this?
News.com Australia reported, as reported by Sunday (10/4/2022) this strange animal was found by a local resident named Drew Lambert. He was jogging on the beach last Tuesday.
"This creature has lips like kissing," he told Yahoo News.
He admitted that he was confused about what this creature was. Did any animal have lips like humans, Lambert wondered. His form was like an alien in the legendary film starring Sigourney Weaver.
Lambert thought it was some kind of shark. But scientists disagree.
Laetitia Hannan, a scientist from Sea Life Sydney Aquarium said it was a coffin stingray (Hypnos monopterygius). Another name is Australian numbfish.
Alien-like creature in Australia turned out to be a coffin stingray, found on Bondi Beach, Sydney (Photo: Storyful/News.com
Why is it called numb? This stingray is apparently a species of electric stingray that can give a 200 Volt shockwave if it feels threatened.
Some divers have been stung to the point of numbness. That's where the name came from. However, this fish does not cause death to humans.
In fact, this animal is the prey of the tiger shark. These stingrays generally live on the east and west coasts of Australia and live with other stingray species.