Famous Sea Monsters And Their Real Life Equivalents

If you look hard enough, even the most outlandish legends have a grain of truth somewhere. Reports from antiquity of sea monsters may be fantastic, but they describe what someone at least thought they saw at one time.
Consider the sea monk, described in 1546 (left). It sure looks like someone drew it from their imagination.
But then look at the sea creature called a Jenny Haniver (right). Read about this and other monsters that may now be explained scientifically.  

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