Posted on 09/06/2019 12:38:00 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The creatures behind repeated sightings of the fabled Loch Ness Monster may be giant eels, according to scientists.
Researchers from New Zealand have tried to catalogue all living species in the loch by extracting DNA from water samples.
Following analysis, the scientists have ruled out the presence of large animals said to be behind reports of a monster.
No evidence of a prehistoric marine reptile called a plesiosaur or a large fish such as a sturgeon were found.
Catfish and suggestions that a wandering Greenland shark were behind the sightings were also discounted.
The aim of the research was not to find Nessie, but to improve knowledge of what plants and animals live in Loch Ness.
European eels are among the creatures in the loch, and whose DNA was picked up by the new research.
Juvenile eels, known as elvers, arrive in Scottish rivers and lochs after migrating more than 3,100 miles (5,000 km) from the Sargasso Sea near the Bahamas, where the animals spawn and lay eggs.
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Angelfire, the great butt-plug of internet websites, blocks display. Here’s the posting of a Photobucket version, by a fool in paradise.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2536065/posts?page=2#2
LOL!
Haggis you're right. /rimshot
That was my theory - went to Scotland this summer, was amazed at the number of tour buses per day taking people from Glasgow and Edinburgh to visit Loch Ness. If that was the plan, it has worked to perfection.
The life of Saint Columba was written in the 6th century, didn’t know about DNA, and despite the bendoverbackwardscherrypicking of skepticultists, is the earliest known account of what is now known as Nessie:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster#Saint_Columba_(565)
And BTW, Monkey Face has the best tagline I’ve seen in years.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3776863/posts?page=6#6
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3776863/posts?page=21#21
I bet his brother could throw a pigskin a quarter mile.
Is the TV show presented by Tony Robinson that you mentioned one of those you listed? If so, which one? Thanks
You and me, both, Girl! :o])
THERE IT IS!! LOL
Especially after such a cool movie as “Ice Station Zebra”.
I've watched it, but couldn't find it on YouTube, so I think it must be on Amazon Prime instead.
Thank you. I’ll look for it on Amazon
Actually, Nessie is a close relative of good Scotch whiskey. She generally only appears after one has consumed a hay-bot.
I found this Tony Robinson and the Birth of Britain on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvk6DUmTuvE
This is the 2nd of 3 shows on the geological Birth of Britain. It is specifically on the effect of glaciers on the island
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