The photo was shared on Twitter by account @team_daddy.
It was accompanied by the caption: “My sister on holiday with the kids, they had a few cute ‘towel animals’ left on the bed during the week but just came back to this.”
The image has attracted plenty of attention online with others sharing their own weird animals they’ve come across during their travels.
Some Twitter users speculated that the animal is meant to be the strange, penguin-like creature protagonist of The Doubtful Guest by author Edward Gorey.
source: express.co.uk