A BEAST FROM THE WATERY DEPTHS. A 4.5-ton sea creature has washed up on a Chinese beach in Guangdong, but it is so decayed that researchers are having trouble identifying what it could have once been. Measuring longer than 17 metres, the sea creature was discovered by locals wrapped in fishing lines. It is suspected that the creature was caught by fishermen, but was too heavy to haul in, and so they cut their nets. According to a local media outlet, curious bystanders removed two teeth from the carcass, which measured just shy of two metres. Since its discovery hundreds of people have flocked to the beach to have a look.