▁of ▁other ▁Pl ants ▁l ants ▁( more ▁rare ▁and ▁strange ▁than ▁these ) ▁As ▁very ▁fish es ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁Se as . ▁And ▁also ▁R ams , ▁Cal fs , ▁H ors es , ▁Har es , ▁and ▁H ogs , ▁Wol ves , ▁L ions , ▁Ur ch ins , ▁Ele ph ants ▁and ▁D ogs , ▁Ye a , ▁Men ▁and ▁May ds ; ▁and ▁( which ▁I ▁more ▁adm ire ) ▁The ▁my t red ▁Bishop ▁and ▁the ▁cow led ▁F ry er ; ▁Where of , ▁examples , ▁( but ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁since ) ▁W ere ▁she w ' n ▁the ▁Nor ways , ▁and ▁Pol onian ▁Prince ." ▁| } ▁ ▁Ex plan ations ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 8 5 0 s , ▁Dan ish ▁zo ologist ▁Jap et us ▁Ste en stru p ▁suggested ▁that ▁the ▁sea - mon k ▁was ▁a ▁giant ▁squ id , ▁a ▁theory ▁more ▁recently ▁popular ised ▁by ▁writer ▁Richard ▁Ell is . ▁C rypt oz o ologist ▁Bernard ▁He u vel mans ▁believed ▁the ▁report ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁an ▁err ant ▁wal rus . ▁▁ ▁More ▁recently , ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁suggested ▁that ▁it ▁was ▁an ▁ang el sh ark , ▁S qu at ina ▁squ at ina , ▁which ▁is ▁commonly ▁called ▁" mon k fish " ▁in ▁English ▁or ▁m unk ▁in ▁Norwegian ▁and ▁Dan ish . ▁Other ▁sus pected ▁ident ities ▁of ▁the ▁sea ▁mon k ▁include ▁the ▁grey ▁se