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Nessie Plesiosaur Claim

The popular claim that the Loch Ness Monster is a relict marine reptile; contradicted by the loch's post-glacial age, its food supply, the fossil record's 66-million-year gap, and the absence of reptilian DNA in the 2018 survey.

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Events

  • Loch Ness eDNA Survey

    Nessie Plesiosaur Claim contradicts Loch Ness eDNA Survey — The survey detected no reptilian DNA in the loch.

Creatures & Figures

  • Loch Ness Monstermodern legend from 1933

    Nessie Plesiosaur Claim attempts to explain Loch Ness Monster.

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