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		<h1 class="headline">Experts identify fanged mysterious creature found on Texas beach after Hurricane Harvey</h1>
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			<p><p>Hurricane Harvey brought havoc and fury to Texas, causing widespread damage across the Houston area.</p>
<p>Photos and videos of the storm's destruction continue to make headlines, including the most recent one of a "fanged creature" found on a Texas beast after the storm, BBC reported.</p>
<p>And everyone is freaking out about it.</p>
<p>Texas resident Pretti Desai found the decaying creature on a Texas City beach and posted photos of it to social media, asking Twitter users to help identify it.</p>
<p>"It was completely unexpected, it's not something that you'd typically see on a beach. I thought it could be something from the deep sea that might have washed on to shore," she told BBC.</p>
<p>Twitter went ablaze with theories.</p>
<p>Experts weighed in, too. Dr. Kenneth Tighe, a biologist and eel specialist, said he believes that it a "fangtooth snake-eel."</p>
<p>He also said it could be a garden eel, because "all three of these species occur off Texas and have large fang-like teeth," he told BBC.</p>
<p>The animal is also known as a "tusky" eel.</p>
<p>Desai told BBC she's happy she posted the image on Twitter since she knew experts would weigh in.</p>
<p>"I follow a lot of scientists and researchers. There's such a great community of these folks that are very helpful, especially when it comes to answering questions about the world or identifying animals and plants," she said.</p></p>
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