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==Explanations== In the early 1850s, Danish zoologist [[Japetus Steenstrup]] suggested that the sea-monk was a [[giant squid]],<ref name=steenstrup/><ref name=steenstrup-tr-roeleveld&knudsen/>{{sfnp|Paxton|Holland|2005|p=42}} a theory more recently popularised by writer [[Richard Ellis (biologist)|Richard Ellis]].<ref>Ellis, R. (1998). ''[[The Search for the Giant Squid]]''. Lyons Press. London.</ref> Cryptozoologist [[Bernard Heuvelmans]] believed the report was based on the discovery of an errant [[walrus]].<ref>Heuvelmans, B. (1974). ''Dans le Sillage des Monstres Marins''. Famot. Geneva.</ref> More recently, it has been suggested that it was an [[angelshark]], ''Squatina squatina'', which is commonly called "monkfish" in English or ''munk'' in Norwegian and Danish.{{sfnp|Paxton|Holland|2005|pp=39, 43}} Other suspected identities of the sea monk include the [[grey seal]], the [[hooded seal]], the [[monk seal]],{{sfnp|Paxton|Holland|2005|p=44}} or a hoax such as a [[Jenny Haniver]].{{sfnp|Paxton|Holland|2005|pp=45β46}}
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