Giant sea creature found off California coast

This is an oarfish. It took 15 people to hold it - and in oarfish terms, it's just a baby.

A marine science instructor snorkelling off the southern California coast spotted something out of a fantasy novel: the silvery carcass of an 18ft serpent-like oarfish.

Jasmine Santana, of the Catalina Island Marine Institute (CIMI), needed more than 15 helpers to drag the giant sea creature to shore.