31 Days of Monsters - Day 8: Jenny Haniver

Many claim Jenny Hannivers are just the carved up carcasses of mummified sea skates, but others claim they are sea devils caught and preserved by fearless sailors. Either way, they are often seen in coastal sideshows and oddity museums.

31 Days of Monsters: Sea serpents

For as long as humans have attempted to travel over and make a living from the planet's oceans, they have told tales of monstrous serpents that hunt beneath the waves. Whether the stories were fantasies spun by sailors too long at sea, or misunderstood natural occurrences, the fear of something lurking beneath the waves has a permanent place in the nightmares of mankind.