Sea creature which looks like a crocodile and dolphin washes up on lake in Australia

Australia: The image has put social media in a puzzle with some claiming it as a large hairtail, a long slender fish while others suggest it to be photoshopped.

The body of a legless crocodile and the head of a dolphin was snapped after washing ashore on the banks of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales in Australia.

Ethan Tipper clicked an image of the creature before posting it online to see if anyone could identify it. This strange sea creature looks more like something out of medieval myth than a real animal.”

Australian Museum fish collector Mark McGrouther told, he suspects it is a pike eel, native to deep waters on the east coast of Australia. He added: “This is the first time I have ever seen one of them in the flesh. I suspect it was caught and discarded by fisherman who got more than they bargained for when they tried to reel it in.”