Posted on 05/06/2007 1:01:35 PM PDT by pcottraux
Toad found deep down in Loch Ness
US researchers carrying out a sonar survey of Loch Ness have been amazed to find a common toad crawling in the mud 324ft (98m) down. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been attempting to unravel the mysteries of the loch.
However, MIT said it did not expect to come across the amphibian so far down.
Bob Rines, a lecturer at MIT, will tell the Oceans 07 engineering conference in Aberdeen about the toad and the survey next month.
Conference chairman Professor John Watson, of the University of Aberdeen, said: "They were surprised to find a toad at that depth."
MIT said it had completed a side-scan sonar map of the entire length of the loch - which is about 750ft (228m) at its deepest point.
'Picturesque patterns'
The data has been compared with a geological map of the bottom made by Sir Edward Murray using plumb lines 100 years ago.
The institute said the scan was part of its continuing efforts to find animal remains preserved at the low temperatures at the loch bottom that might explain unusual sightings on the surface.
Professor Watson's presentation to the conference will cover details of how the loch has changed over the past century.
This includes "picturesque patterns" in the silt caused by water pumps for a hydroelectric plant.
Oceans 07 takes place from 18 June to 21 June at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.
Not sure if this has any significance to the monster story. Interesting nonetheless.
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Posted on 05/04/2007 9:44:26 AM EDT by bedolido
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Perhaps it was being chased
There is such a thing as the Loch Ness Monster, by the way. It just hides on the bottom of the lake because that’s the only place it feels safe from Chuck Norris.
(Sorry...once again, couldn’t resist).
...a common toad crawling in the mud 324ft (98m) down.
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What’s Harry Reid doing over there?
I thought toads were more land based and frogs stayed in and around water. I’m intrigued about this. I wonder what a toad or a frog would be doing down there. Surely there is plenty of food on the surface and shore of the lake.
Thats what the Loch Ness monster looks like after ten pints in a Scottish pub....
Im curious too. The only toads I know of cant swim worth a squat and would have likely drowned on the way down...
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