Boy comes face-to-face with 'alien-like' sea creature washed up on the beach
- Posted on February 6, 2026
- By The Mirror
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Boy comes face-to-face with 'alien-like' sea creature washed up on the beach

Charley Taviner, five, was following a crab when he found what he thought was a huge lump of seaweed. But it turned out to be Aplysia depilans - or the "Mediterranean sea hare" - a species rarely seen in the UK