Posted on 08/08/2015 11:44:33 AM PDT by NYer
Researchers in Alaska have uncovered the bones of a prehistoric marine reptile dating back 70 million years.
This is the first time an elasmosaur has ever been unearthed in this state. Its vertebrae were discovered embedded in an eroding cliff.
Photo: University of Alaska Museum of the North
Elasmosaurs had extremely long necks, small heads and paddle-shaped limbs for swimming.
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There are many theories to explain the length of its neck, but most believe it was to help with feeding.
Photo: University of Alaska Museum of the North
Researchers are hopeful the find will provide new information.
Patrick Druckenmiller, Associate Professor at the University of Alaska Museum of the North, said: “If you think of the Loch Ness Monster, that mythical creature’s body was based on the elasmosaur.”
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Ping!
cool
looks like its the side of a mountain now.
What most people don't know is that the scale of the image estimated by experts puts the length of the creature's neck between 12 and 24 inches.
That makes this famous photograph a picture of a duck.
Even a dinosaur can go on to be something greater ... in America!
A rock climbing dinosaur? Cool!
An stealthy feeder was the elasmosaur,
whose body was here and his mouth over thar.
that would make it a ra-piton :)
If you think of the Loch Ness Monster, that mythical creatures body”
No media bias there! \s
“What else floats besides a witch?”
“A duck!”
Thanks NYer.
I have a vague memory of there being a claim that Lake Champlain had its own “Nessie” monster.
Champ. http://champmonster.com/
Thank you. Its nice to know that I still have some accurate memories. ;-)
You have a good memory:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Champ_(cryptozoology)
It even has a name: Champ
It was a hoax, not a duck. It was a small model. Robert Kenneth Wilson, who took the photo in 1934 admitted near the end of his life that it was something he and a friend rigged onto a toy submarine he bought from Woolworth's.
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