With the recent news that a fossil discovery could support that the idea of a freshwater plesiosaur, we take a look at one of the more plausible theories as to what Nessie could actually be.
Recently, researchers from the University of Bath discovered fossils of small plesiosaurs in a 100-million-year-old river system now part of the Sahara, with some Loch Ness Monster believers taking it as proof that freshwater species of the marine dinosaur could in fact exist.
For decades the most recognisable images of the monster have featured the classic plesiosaur shape with a hump, long neck and tiny head. However, scientists who have actually studied the famous loch itself have a very different creature in mind for solving the mystery.
