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Comment on Montauk Monster Like Creature Washes Up On Beach - Hoax or Reality? You Decide! by Lary The Snake Guy

Lary The Snake Guy — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:20:34 +0000

I stumbled across this a little late, but here goes:

It’s not a turtle. A turtle’s spine and ribs are fused to it’s shell. There’s not much left that looks like an animal without the shell. Oh, and turtles don’t have teeth.

I have no other information about it than what I can see in the picture and my knowledge of the anatomy of animals.

The skull is the wrong shape for a dog.

If I had to take a guess, based on the size of the sand particles and the shape of the skull and body, I’d go with maybe a house cat. It’s been in the water a while and most of it’s skin and hair has sloughed off, something has eaten it’s nose and lips and it’s a litle swolen. The upper teeth are still covered by skin/muscle and the lower teeth are exposed.

Given the condition, I could easily be wrong about what animal it is, but I don’t see any reason to think it’s anything other than an ordinary dead animal that’s been floating in the water a while. Everyday animals look very different than you might imagine without their fur and skin.

Comment on CT Fall Fishing is Slow - Spider Jigs Working by Donnell

Donnell — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 05:10:45 +0000

Sounds like a hard days work, until you picked up on the deep dock water pattern. Nice tip.

Comment on Montauk Monster Raccoon? A Follow-up Story… by Mekala McGaughy

Mekala McGaughy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:16:57 +0000

after working for a taxidermist and skinning out a racoon, i would have to say this is in fact a racoon, for the sheer fact that most of the nose on a racoon is cartilage…but what really gave it away was the close up of the hands. since racoons have what is an apposable thumb which enables them to hold fish in their hands.
Also it looks bloated from being out in the water along with missing hair, it could be either from the water removing the hair because a dead corpse of an animal can get slippage which is a term to describe hair coming off and it comes off in clumps. or the animal could have had mange which is a mite which causes the animal irritation to the skin causing it to scratch it’s hair off.
Also it could not be a turtle, turtles shells are attached to their backbone and if the shell is removed so is alot of flesh and muscle and bone.

Comment on Montauk Monster Like Creature Washes Up On Beach - Hoax or Reality? You Decide! by rosie

rosie — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:41:01 +0000

so i really doubt its a turtle wit out a shell or dotg or racoon thingy. so is it real or not, thats what i wanna know. im tired of hearing gossip about this i wanna know something interesting… for real for real….

Comment on Long Sand Shoal - Eastern Rip Bluefish by admin

admin — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:31:16 +0000

Here is a question I received from one of my readers:

NEW TO THIS AREA ON THE SOUND, I KNOW OF HATCHETTS, AND SAND SHOAL, BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE EASTERN RIP IS LOCATED?

Here is my answer I set back to him:

Eastern rip is at the end of western edge of long sand shoal, it is where the water is choppy from the sound meeting the CT river and from the current coming over the edge of the shoal…

Thanks for the question ED…

Comment on Deep Sea Fishing, Riviera Maya / Playa Del Carmen Mexico by admin

admin — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:21:30 +0000

Well I guess the liver is not poisonous, he was saying that the flesh is what is toxic to humans in the larger barracudas, the liver just tastes different in the non poisonous ones. According to Miguel the reason some become toxic is because they eat a type of toxic coral that spreads the toxin into the flesh over time…

Either way you can rest assured I am not going to be eating raw barracuda liver any time soon

Comment on Deep Sea Fishing, Riviera Maya / Playa Del Carmen Mexico by Sevylor Family

Sevylor Family — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:42:04 +0000

Great pictures! What you learned from Miguel is a bit weird. Why would you want to taste its liver? Sounds gross! And if you so happen to taste it and get the poisonous one you’ll be poisioned just by tasting it lol.

Comment on Deep Sea Fishing, Riviera Maya / Playa Del Carmen Mexico by Libby

Libby — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:30:21 +0000

Oh my gosh, I’m sorry to hear that! How weird that your shoes got stolen! Wishing you better luck the next time!!

Comment on Deep Sea Fishing, Riviera Maya / Playa Del Carmen Mexico by admin

admin — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:24:31 +0000

No we didn’t get a chance, to try it, long story short my shoes got stolen, and Kate wasn’t feeling well so we went back to the hotel and rested… I would like to get back down there in May sometime and try the fishing again…

Comment on Deep Sea Fishing, Riviera Maya / Playa Del Carmen Mexico by Libby

Libby — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 19:55:28 +0000

So, did you get a chance to taste your catches? Barracuda is pretty tasty. Come back in May or June for the best deep sea fishing. The waters are calm and all the fish are plentiful. Playa del Carmen and Puerto Morelos usually hold a fishing tournament in late May.