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===The Plesiosaur===
===The Plesiosaur===
Plesiosaur is actually a broad term for extinct marine [[reptiles]] with long necks and flippers, but no one knows what type of plesiosaur the Loch Ness monster is. The elasmosaur, one of the largest of the plesiosaurs, is the considered to be the best candidate of those animals. There are others that also fit the description.
[[Plesiosaur]] is actually a broad term for extinct marine [[reptiles]] with long necks and flippers, but no one knows what type of plesiosaur the Loch Ness monster is. The elasmosaur, one of the largest of the plesiosaurs, is the considered to be the best candidate of those animals. There are others that also fit the description.
The infamous photographs taken by Robert H. Rines fit the plesiosaur theory, but there are two facts against it. The plesiosaur was supposed to have died out almost 70 million years ago, but of course there are problems with that too. Unless killed off by man, like whales, sea dwelling creatures tend to do very well, they have a nearly unlimited space to live in and a virtually unending food supply. Because plesiosaurs were found all around the world a single catastrophe such as a [[meteorite]], supervolcano eruption, disease, or predation may not be able explain why all plesiosaurs died. Another problem is that it is hardly ever seen at the surface, and since plesiosaurs were air breathing animals, they would have to come up for air many times a day.
The infamous photographs taken by Robert H. Rines fit the plesiosaur theory, but there are two facts against it. The plesiosaur was supposed to have died out almost 70 million years ago, but of course there are problems with that too. Unless killed off by man, like whales, sea dwelling creatures tend to do very well, they have a nearly unlimited space to live in and a virtually unending food supply. Because plesiosaurs were found all around the world a single catastrophe such as a [[meteorite]], supervolcano eruption, disease, or predation may not be able explain why all plesiosaurs died. Another problem is that it is hardly ever seen at the surface, and since plesiosaurs were air breathing animals, they would have to come up for air many times a day.
===The Eel===
===The Eel===