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The Loch Ness Monster is one of the most enduring mysteries in the field of cryptozoology. One of the most widely known attempts to explain the aquatic enigma is the suggestion that the Nessie is a living plesiosaur. That's a rather unlikely explanation - but let's speculative about the evolution of such a creature, anyway!
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otago.ac.nz/news/newsroom/first-edna-study-of-loch-ness-points-to-something-fishy
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google.co.uk/books/edition/Ocean_Life_in_the_Time_of_Dinosaurs/1urAEAAAQBAJ?hl=en
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scup.com/doi/10.1080/00241160600799846
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royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.172177
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peerj.com/articles/10720
researchgate.net/publication/281604444_Restudy_of_Bishanopliosaurus_youngi_Dong_1980_a_freshwater_plesiosaurian_from_the_Jurassic_of_Chongqing
nature.com/articles/258466a0
ebsco.com/research-starters/environmental-sciences/loch-ness-body-water
http://www.isprambiente.gov.it/it/pubblicazioni/periodici-tecnici/memorie-descrittive-della-carta-geologica-ditalia/memdes_96_piccardi2.pdf
cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/reassessment-of-body-temperature-and-thermoregulation-strategies-in-mesozoic-marine-reptiles/5DB88592AC69236250A516904E20FEC4
vox.com/2015/4/21/8459353/loch-ness-monster
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tetzoo.com/blog/2019/3/7/books-on-the-loch-ness-monster-1-ronald-binnss-the-loch-ness-mystery-reloaded
tetzoo.com/blog/2020/8/17/loch-ness-monster-flipper-photos
tetzoo.com/blog/2019/3/29/books-on-the-loch-ness-monster-2-gareth-williamss-a-monstrous-commotion
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onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12646
0:00 - Intro
2:26 - Loch Ness Monster merch!
2:54 - Real Plesiosaur Evolution
8:47 - The Plesiosauroids
15:45 - Freshwater Plesiosaurs
18:03 - Loch Ness Monster Evolution
27:17 - Other Ideas For Nessiteras Evolution
32:00 - Conclusion
The Loch Ness Monster is one of the most enduring mysteries in the field of cryptozoology. One of the most widely known attempts to explain the aquatic enigma is the suggestion that the Nessie is a living plesiosaur. That's a rather unlikely explanation - but let's speculative about the evolution of such a creature, anyway!
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Sources:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667122001744
otago.ac.nz/news/newsroom/first-edna-study-of-loch-ness-points-to-something-fishy
lochnessproject.org/FIELDWORKGROUNDTRUTH/eDNA%20LOCH%20NESS/eDNA%20LOCHNESS_index.html
google.co.uk/books/edition/Ancient_Sea_Reptiles/EeWBEAAAQBAJ?hl=en
google.co.uk/books/edition/Ocean_Life_in_the_Time_of_Dinosaurs/1urAEAAAQBAJ?hl=en
palass.org/publications/special-papers-palaeontology/archive/86/article_pp109-129
scup.com/doi/10.1080/00241160600799846
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.0951
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2451.2008.00659.x
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982223004669
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031838
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2011.550365
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2012.658124
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0070877
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-185X.2009.00107.x
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.172177
bioone.org/journals/ameghiniana/volume-53/issue-3/AMGH.29.11.2015.2928/A-Small-Body-Sized-Non-Aristonectine-Elasmosaurid-Sauropterygia-Plesiosauria-from/10.5710/AMGH.29.11.2015.2928.short
peerj.com/articles/10720
researchgate.net/publication/281604444_Restudy_of_Bishanopliosaurus_youngi_Dong_1980_a_freshwater_plesiosaurian_from_the_Jurassic_of_Chongqing
nature.com/articles/258466a0
ebsco.com/research-starters/environmental-sciences/loch-ness-body-water
http://www.isprambiente.gov.it/it/pubblicazioni/periodici-tecnici/memorie-descrittive-della-carta-geologica-ditalia/memdes_96_piccardi2.pdf
cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/reassessment-of-body-temperature-and-thermoregulation-strategies-in-mesozoic-marine-reptiles/5DB88592AC69236250A516904E20FEC4
vox.com/2015/4/21/8459353/loch-ness-monster
https://courses.seas.harvard.edu/climate/eli/Courses/EPS281r/Sources/Misc/population-density-Loch-Ness-monsters.pdf
aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.4319/lo.1973.18.2.0345
tetzoo.com/blog/2019/3/7/books-on-the-loch-ness-monster-1-ronald-binnss-the-loch-ness-mystery-reloaded
tetzoo.com/blog/2020/8/17/loch-ness-monster-flipper-photos
tetzoo.com/blog/2019/3/29/books-on-the-loch-ness-monster-2-gareth-williamss-a-monstrous-commotion
karlshuker.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-long-necked-seal-in-cryptozoology_29.html
archive.org/details/greatormoflochne0000holi_q1q9
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pala.12646
0:00 - Intro
2:26 - Loch Ness Monster merch!
2:54 - Real Plesiosaur Evolution
8:47 - The Plesiosauroids
15:45 - Freshwater Plesiosaurs
18:03 - Loch Ness Monster Evolution
27:17 - Other Ideas For Nessiteras Evolution
32:00 - Conclusion
