“The Japanese trawler Zuiyo Maru caught a dead plesiosaur near New
Zealand.”
This carcass was almost certainly a rotting basking shark, since their gills and
jaws rot rapidly and fall off, leaving the typical small “neck” with the head.
This has been shown by similar specimens washed up on beaches. Also, detailed
anatomical and biochemical studies of the Zuiyo-maru carcass show that it could
not have been a plesiosaur.
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