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Thousands of 10-inch \u201cpenis fish\u201d have mysteriously washed up on a beach in California following winter storms.<\/p>\n
The wriggling animals are a species of marine spoon worm commonly known as the \u201cfat innkeeper worm\u201d or sometimes the \u201cpenis fish\u201d.<\/p>\n
The critters were spotted flopped across the sands of Drakes Beach in California, about 50km (31m) north from San Francisco.<\/p>\n
The nightmarish scene was first reported by Bay Nature, which wrote that the creatures are quite common along the west coast in North America.<\/p>\n
However because the animals normally live in U-shaped burrows under the sand, people visiting the beach are rarely aware of their existence.<\/p>\n
Winter storms which battered northern California recently exposed a number of these worms after the powerful waves washed away several feet of sand.<\/p>\n
Officially known as Urechis caupo, the animals are \u201cperfectly shaped\u201d for their lives underground according to biologist Ivan Parr, even if they appear hideous to us.<\/p>\n
They can live for up to 25 years and are even eaten as food in countries such as Korea and China.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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