Women finds the terrifying corpse of a rare creature in Argentina  

Thank goodness it's dead! Women finds the terrifying corpse of a rare eel-like creature in Argentina Corpse of a South American lungfish was found in a field in Argentina It is found only in the Amazon, Paraguay, and lower Parana River basins in South America.  They live in swamps and build small caves in the mud The creatures can remain underground for three years  

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 18:14 GMT, 21 February 2019 | Updated: 18:14 GMT, 21 February 2019

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This bizarre looking creature with human-like teeth has alarmed local farmers who discovered it.

A woman working in a rice field, near the town of San Javier, in the north-eastern Argentina province of Santa Fe, saw and photographed the strange creature, which has since been identified as a South American lungfish.

Maria Julia Candotti, who said it was not the first she had seen, said it was a long eel-like body but with wrinkled skin and a mouthful of ugly human-like teeth.

The corpse of the South American lungfish was found in a field in Argentina 

The corpse of the South American lungfish was found in a field in Argentina 

The creatures live in swamps and burrow into holes in the mud. They can remain underground for years at a time 

The creatures live in swamps and burrow into holes in the mud. They can remain underground for years at a time 

What is a  South American lungfish?

Experts later identified it from the photographs as a South American lungfish (epidosiren paradoxa) which can breathe air but is usually found in swamps and slow-moving

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