NESSIE NEWS

All the latest from Loch Ness, plus a vintage tale of giant pike and water sprites

PLAUSIBLE PLESIOSAURS? A considerable stir was caused by recent reports that the existence of a Loch Ness Monster had been described as “plausible” by scientists. In what may well be a case of a university’s press office taking a sober academic paper and extrapolating rather more than it warranted, this claim was based on the discovery of fossils of small plesiosaurs found in the remains of a 100-millionyear-old river system in the Kem Kem beds of Morocco by researchers from the University of Bath, University of Portsmouth, and Université Hassan II. The discovery of the remains of multiple plesiosaurs there suggests that some species could live in fresh water at least part of the time, not just in salt water as was previously thought. As a result, it would be…

You're reading a preview of

Fortean Times (Digital) - 1 Issue, 423

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.