Fishermen discover creature with giant fangs and decomposing limbs on Mexican beach - but what is it?

A mysterious-looking creature washed up on the shores of a beach in Mexico with huge fangs hanging out its mouth - but marine experts claim it's normally not that scary. 

The shocking discovery was made this week by fishermen at Pico de Oro Beach in Centla, a seaside city in the Gulf state of Tabasco.

The dead creature was lying in the vegetation in an advanced state of decomposition.

Images of the beast quickly went viral across multiple social media platforms and raised concerns among locals.

Fishermen in Centla, Mexico, discovered this week a dead creature with characteristics of a seal after it washed up on the shore of Pico de Oro Beach in the Gulf state of Tabasco

Environmental experts and the fishermen who found the marine mammal assured worried residents that the creature is a seal 

But, environmental experts calmed their fears by indicating that the decomposing animal had all the characteristics of a seal.

The fishermen who discovered the creature agreed, too, that the rotting marine mammal was just a seal.

The animal appeared to have four limbs, an elongated head and a row of sharp teeth, including a large fang sticking out the ride side.

It is unclear if the local authorities arrived to remove the carcass from the beach, which is located southwest of the resort towns of Cancún and Tulum.

It is also unknown if they took samples to confirm the species and its exact cause of death.

DailyMail.com reached out to the Federal Attorney General’s Office for Environmental Protection for comment.