To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (190481 ) 8/2/2022 5:05:28 AM From: TobagoJack Respond to ... that is not <<whizbang VIDEO zerohedge.com Authored by Elijah Cohen via TheMindUnleashed.com, According to scientists, the hypothesis that a so-called Loch Ness Monster could have existed in the Scottish Highlands may not be as absurd as previously thought.A plesiosaur—a prehistoric reptile with a long, slender neck—may have previously been in Loch Ness, a Scottish lake, according to new research from the University of Bath published on July 21 in the journal Cretaceous Research. Based on their discoveries, they say that the legend of the Loch Ness monster might not actually be fictional.The debunkers have frequently argued that plesiosaurs, which resemble the supposed creature’s popular depiction, could not exist in the freshwater lake because scientists thought they needed a saltwater environment to survive. The paper suggests that plesiosaurs adapted to tolerate freshwater and that many may have spent the majority of their lives in it. “It’s a bit controversial, but who’s to say that because we paleontologists have always called them ‘marine reptiles’, they had to live in the sea?” said Dr. Nick Longrich of the university’s Milner Centre for Evolution. “Lots of marine lineages invaded freshwater.” abstract , researchers said their findings show that “plesiosaurs and other marine reptiles frequently exploited non-marine environments.” “Isolated bones actually tell us a lot about ancient ecosystems and animals in them,” Longrich explained. “They’re so much more common than skeletons, they give you more information to work with.” “The bones and teeth were found scattered and in different localities, not as a skeleton. So each bone and each tooth is a different animal. We have over a dozen animals in this collection,” he added.“plausible” that plesiosaurs lived there for millions of years prior to the arrival of humans.“The fossil record also suggests that after almost a hundred and fifty million years,” Longrich told BBC, “the last plesiosaurs finally died out at the same time as the dinosaurs.”
