A sea snake from a Danish beach turned out to be a completely different object (5 photos + 1 video)

Beach cleaners were left in shock when they discovered a "large and unusual creature" on a Danish beach. The mysterious 1.5-metre-long object washed up in Dueodde on the southernmost tip of Bornholm.





Experts quickly determined that it was not a sea snake at all. Guess what it is?



It's a humpback whale penis!

On September 16, beach cleaners René Wilsholm, Morten Gebhardt and Kenneth Nielsen were working at a local beach. After spotting the long creature, they contacted local conservation group NaturBornholm, who confirmed its true nature.





It turns out that the penis belongs to a young humpback whale. Experts believe the organ belonged to a whale that washed ashore earlier this year.

The NaturBornholm team plans to conduct further analysis of the organ, but for now it is stored in a freezer.



The humpback whale's penis can be up to 10 feet long and is usually hidden inside a genital slit located close to the belly.

According to the Pacific Whale Foundation, a nonprofit based in Maui, Hawaii, it is rare to see a whale's penis emerge from its genital slit.



The foundation released a video of a humpback whale with its penis protruding. According to experts, this is a "rare and fascinating sight". It is not known who exactly is swimming towards the humpback whale - a male or a female. Perhaps such behavior serves as a threatening display of territoriality.