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Beachgoers in South Carolina recently stumbled upon an eerie, skeleton-like dolphin sprawled across the sand, where it may have been slowly drying out for months. One expert suggests that the animal may have accidentally become stranded after deliberately beaching itself. On Jan. 14, the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network (LMMN) received a call about a "mummified dolphin" near Hilton Head Island, the organization's representatives wrote in a Facebook post . LMMN volunteer Amber Kuehn, a marine biologist and coordinator of the Hilton Head Island Sea Turtle Patrol , visited the site to measure and collect skin and teeth samples from the body, before burying the remains on the beach.  The dolphin was most likely a common bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus ) and was around 8 feet (2.4 meters) long, Kuehn told Live Science in an email. It was unclear how old or what sex the dolphin was, she added.   "It wasn't actually mummified," Kuehn said. "It wa...

Mystery surrounds the skeleton of a Mysterious creature that washed up on a Scottish beach during Storm Ciara.   The intriguing beast was found on the Aberdeenshire coastline on Sunday as the country endured 90mph winds and torrential rain.   A photograph of the creature was shared on a Facebook page prompting hundreds of suggestions as to what it might be.Some thought it a whale or a dolphin, while others rubbished this suggestion saying the ‘horns’ of the creature make it a thresher sharks – which have been known to enter British waters during the summer. But even marine biologists are baffled, with Professor David Lusseau from the University of Aberdeen, saying he would need more information. He told MailOnline: ‘Unfortunately from just this photo we can’t tell much other than it is a whale of some form. We would need shots of the front end (and probably a bit of poking around) to get an ID.’Confusion surrounding the creature hasn’t stopped people from sh...