Sea monsters, descendants of dinosaurs or other non-open animals?
Hundreds of sea monsters described in ancient books could exist in reality, but not being the descendants of aquatic dinosaurs such as plesiosaurus or elasmosaurus
Today, many scientists gathered at the meeting titled Cryptozoology: Science or Pseudoscience» (Cryptozoology: Science Or Pseudoscience) in a large Zoological Society of London, to discuss the problem of sea monsters. One of the main speakers, writer and paleontologist Professor Darren Naish (Dr Darren Naish) believes that today there are too many photos and video evidence of the observation of mysterious aquatic creatures that could not be explained by accidental or deliberate error, delusions or hallucinations.
"And since we regularly discover more and more species of rather large animals, for example, new species and subspecies of sharks or whales, discovered in recent years, the assumption that large and not yet officially found living creatures may exist in the oceans is very plausible."
Many scientists believe that if such monsters exist, then they are descendants of extinct aquatic dinosaurs ichthyosaurs or elasmosaurs (a lizard with a very thin and long neck), however, Dr. Neish is critical of this, explaining that these assumptions run counter to the findings of paleontologists.
"It is an interesting but not very good opinion to consider all sea monsters as descendants of ichthyosaurs."
Dr. Charles Paxtonfrom the University of St. Andrews, who organized this meeting, believes that many sea monsters may not be found at all in the near future, even if they are large and there are many of them. The ocean is too big, and we know too little about what happens at depth, since most of the research is done near the surface.
Eight new large species of marine animals were discovered in 20 years, while as early as 1905 zoologists Edmond Mead-Waldo and Michael Nicoll encountered what they could describe as a "large sea serpent" off the coast of Brazil.