A new study has made the myth of the Loch Ness Monster all the more 'plausible', as confirmed by various universities.
The mythical Scottish creature has been a tale of old across the nation, and there have been dozens of sightings of the beast over the years, reports LadBible.
But as with the other myths like Bigfoot, a majority of the population does not believe Nessie is a real thing, as nobody has captured a good enough photo of it to prove it.
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Also, people don't believe in the Loch Ness Monster because it is said to have a long neck and head similar to that of a plesiosaur - meaning it wouldn't be able to survive in the Loch, because it is a saltwater creature.
However, scientists at University of Bath, the University of Portsmouth in the UK, and Université Hassan II in Morocco have disregarded that statement. The schools have discovered small plesiosaur fossils in a 100-million year old river system that is now Morocco's Sahara Desert.
The fossils include bones and teeth from three-metre long adults and an arm bone from a 1.5 metre long baby. This could mean that the creatures lived and fed in freshwater, alongside the likes of fish, frogs, crocs and even the huge aquatic dinosaur, Spinosaurus.
These fossils suggest the plesiosaurs were adapted to tolerate freshwater, possibly even spending their lives there, like today's river dolphins.
So this discovery could mean that the existence of the Loch Ness Monster could well be 'plausible', as reported by the University of Bath. However, the university added that the fossil record "suggests that after almost a hundred and fifty million years, the last plesiosaurs finally died out at the same time as the dinosaurs, 66 million years ago."
Regardless, if you are around Loch Ness anytime soon, get those binoculars and high-resolution cameras out.
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