It was the belle of the slime-ball. <\/p>\n
A fisherman \u2014 who happens to be a woman \u2014 elicited eeews and aaahs online after catching a mondo 11-pound sea slug off the coast of South Korea, which she captured in a video with 20 million views online.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have never seen such a huge one,\u201d Tatiana Lyu, the angler who bagged the mammoth mollusk last month, told Jam Press.<\/p>\n
She and her crew had reportedly sunk a bait bag and were reeling it in when they noticed the supersize slimebag clinging to the end of the line.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have never seen such a huge one,\u201d exclaimed Tatiana Lyu. Jam Press\/@ramenka__busan<\/p>\n
Some guessed the critter (pictured) was a sea hare, a giant herbivorous sea snail. Jam Press\/@ramenka__busan<\/p>\n
In the footage, the team is seen pulling in the line with the gargantuan gastropod hanging on, causing bystanders to shriek in surprise like something out of a sci-fi thriller.<\/p>\n
The peculiar quarry made waves online with one viewer likening it to \u201cwhale vomit.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat looks nasty and slimy. Barf,\u201d exclaimed another, while a third wrote, \u201cWTF is that?\u201d<\/p>\n
The creature was released unharmed into the deep. Jam Press\/@ramenka__busan<\/p>\n
\u201cYou just KNOW they\u2019re gonna eat it!\u201d fretted another.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, the sea slug was released unharmed to the ocean.<\/p>\n
The species of slug is unclear, although many guessed it was type a of sea hare, a species of marine snail with an internal shell that resides in shallow water and feeds on seaweed.<\/a><\/p>\n The largest of the species \u2014 and largest gastropod on Earth \u2014 is the California black sea hare<\/a>, which has been known to grow over 3 feet long and weigh almost 30 pounds.<\/p>\n Speaking of Martian-looking denizens of the deep, a Russian fisherman made a splash in February after sharing footage of a bizarre, bulbous sea creature<\/a> that viewers have compared to an \u201calien.\u201d<\/p>\n The Lovecraftian critter was identified as a smooth lumpsucker, a species of marine ray-finned fish that grows to over a foot long and resides in the depths.<\/p>\n