Published 12:50 IST, September 8th 2020

UK: Mysterious sea creatures washed up on beach, it's edible and worth thousands

In a post on Facebook, a resident of  New Brighton, UK, Martyn Green, shared the images of the bizarre tentacles covered sea creatures as never seen before.

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A mysterious sea creature washed up on a beach near Caernarfon in rth Wales, UK, worth a fortune, stunned a couple on a vacation. In a post on Facebook, a resident of  New Brighton, Martyn Green, shared ims of bizarre tentacles covered sea creatures as never seen before. family, who had initially assumed animal to be a log of driftwood, went in for closer inspection and found that creature was a rare specimen, one of most expensive in world. 

“Kw how you all love things weird and wonderful. This gooseneck barnacle-covered log washed up on a Welsh beach yesterday. So rare. Mesmerizing to watch,” Martin wrote in a Facebook post. He shared short foot and a collection of ims that portrayed “alien” creature with thousands of stems ending in goose eggs. However, Martin mentioned that crustacean was perhaps edible, and in Portugal and Spain, is kwn by term Percebes. Furr, he told a local media, Liverpool Echo that he searched about species on Google and found it to be about £25 each, and on  log, re were about 2,000 of m. 

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As expensive as £322 per kilo

He furr informed that his wife Gemma was one to discover it. He added, it was quite an attraction for locals. Martyn said that he hadn’t guessed that creature was so extremely valuable. prices for barnacles can go as high as €360 (£322) per kilo, Martin informed local media. man, who owns a marketing ncy in UK said that he hadn’t disclosed location to people on post in fear that it might endanger creature if people flocked it. He said he wanted to exercise “caution” and had heard in past that fishermen often risked life to harvest se rare creatures. Users were mesmerized by post as y pointed out that it wasn’t every day that y heard of such creatures. 

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12:50 IST, September 8th 2020