A huge aquatic animal has washed up on a beach in Wales prompting a flurry of speculation but Metro has uncovered the nature of the beast.

The carcass appeared on Cefn Sidan Beach in Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, a village in Wales, yesterday morning much to the alarm of people near and far.

Visitors and people on social media have speculated what mystery creature could be – many have suggested that it is a whale – but others disagree.

A Facebook commenter theorised that it could be a basking shark and another joked they saw ‘wings’ and a ‘scaly head’ that could only befit a Welsh dragon.

This is by no means the first incident of bizarre animal life washing up on UK shores. Just two days ago, a ‘very rare’ pygmy sperm whale was found dead on a beach in Bigbury on Sea, Devon, the BBC report

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