What is the moha-moha?
The moha-moha is an unidentified creature said to have been sighted around the Great Barrier Reef, in the seas of northeastern Australia. It is said to have had a round, turtle-like body, a long, snake-like neck and a fish-like tail, and to have been about 9 m long.
Sightings
The moha-moha is said to have originally been a sea monster in the folklore of Australia’s Aboriginal peoples. It became known at the end of the 19th century, when a woman’s account of seeing a strange creature come out of the sea onto a beach on Magnetic Island, Queensland, was reported to the Australian Museum. According to the report, the creature raised its long neck on the beach and after a while returned to the sea.
What is the moha-moha really?
Theories include a large sea turtle mistaken for something else and a surviving plesiosaur. However, sightings are very few, and nothing is certain. Like the bunyip, also from Australia, it is one of the cryptids linked with Indigenous folklore.
