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The Loch Ness Monster () is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next.
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Pair that with an arthritic jaw, and your job of scaring swimmers and boaters becomes nearly impossible. According to Live Science , researchers came to the conclusion that Nessie, or at least creatures resembling the Loch Ness monster, suffered from arthritis of the jaw and would have succumbed to the disease in old age. Live Science reported, "Scientists reached that conclusion while investigating the fossil of an extinct marine reptile known as a pliosaur. The carnivore was apparently an old female extending some 26 feet (8 meters). It had a 10-foot-long (3 meters), crocodilelike head, short neck, whalelike body and four powerful flippers to propel it through water to hunt down prey."More from GlobalPost: What killed the dinosaurs? Laying eggs, scientists sayPliosaurs had crocodile-like heads, whale-like bodies, short necks and giant flipper, according to ABC News. The creatures were the top predators in the marine environment, so other ...
Tourist Says He's Shot Video of Loch Ness MonsterFriday, June 01, 2007Print APThe famous 1934 'doctor's photo' of the Loch Ness Monster, revealed in 1994 to be a hoa...
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Loch Ness Monster Spotted on Google Earth?Wednesday, August 26, 2009PrintThis amazing image on Google Earth could be the elusive proof that the Loch Ness Monster exi...
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Alleged Terrorist: �We Were Hunting Nessie�Monday, December 17, 2007PrintAn east London electrician accused of having terror ties claimed he was not attending traini...
Rumors that Scotland's fabled Loch Ness monster is dead were dismissed by Nessie fans Thursday.Suspicions that the monster, said to have lurked in the 21.8 square mi...
Ogopogo, the world's second best-known lake monster after Scotland's Nessie, has been captured on a grainy cell phone video, according to one eyewitness.An Okanagan ...
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) — What lurks beneath the dark waters of Scotland's Loch Ness?Newly released documents on display Tuesday in Scotland show that during the 19...
A recent discovery may have put an end to England's mysterious "Nessie."Two kayakers on Lake Windermere in northern England claimed three weeks ago to have photograp...
Ancient creatures resembling stout-necked Loch Ness Monsters apparently developed arthritis in their monster jaws, revealing that even such lethal killers could suff...
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Looming from the deep, its back a cluster of snake-like humps -- is it England's answer to the Loch Ness Monster?The terrifying "beast," thought to be up to 50 feet ...
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