‘Alien-like’ creature washes up on beach
Sea mice are carnivorous, usually feasting on small crabs or other worms they find as they crawl along the seabed.
By Faye Minton
An alien-like creature 'from another planet' has washed up on a beach in the United Kingdom and been identified as a rarely seen sea creature.
Georgina and Rob Pope were walking their dog, Nona, at Pakefield, Suffolk, on Sunday afternoon when they saw a sea mouse lying on the rocks.
It was around 15cm long and covered with "sharp black bristles" that were "shimmered with iridescent green, blue and gold hairs".
The couple said they were "stunned".
Dr Georgina Pope said: “It looked like something from another planet.
"It was shimmering green and glowing in the sunlight.”
Sea mice are marine worms that live on the bottom of the ocean.
This species is very rarely seen on shore, but can sometimes be washed up during a storm or stranded at low tides.
Sea mice are carnivorous, usually feasting on small crabs or other worms they find as they crawl along the seabed.
This is not the first time a sea mouse has washed up on the East Anglian coastline.
In June, dog walkers discovered a dead sea mouse on the beach at Scratby, just north of Caister in Norfolk.
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