Do you belive in the Loch Ness Monster? Why or Why not?

Question

I belive in the Loch Ness Monster, how about you? Why?

Answer 1

ok!

I am gullible and want to believe in things.

Answer 2

Science can only believe in what it can measure. That is the way science works. If you cannot get direct observation or absolute evidence that Nessie exists, then science cannot spend time and energy believing in it. There is as much evidence in fairies as there is in the Loch Ness Monster.

There are thousands of people looking at the loch every day. There are cameras all over the thing. Boats all over it. Yet, no one can get a good film of it and no one can capture one dead or alive. The area of the loch is 21.8 square miles. That may sound like a lot. However, New York City is 300 square miles. Manhatten Island is about 20 square miles. You can just about fit the entire surface area of Loch Ness on Manhatten Island. What does this mean? There is not many places on the surface for a large monster to hide when it comes up, and it must come up judging from the eye witness accounts. If there was a monster, then it would have been seen on a regular basis. The loch is deep, very deep. However, that does not change the limited amount of surface. Loch Ness is big, but not so big that a monster can come to the surface on any regular basis and not be seen. Thousands or even hundreds of sets of eyes should be able to find the creature every day and that should mean reliable photographic or video evidence should come in on a regular basis.

The amount of available food is also very small for a monster. A killer whale needs to eat about 500 pounds of food a day. From the account, Nessie is as big or bigger than a killer whale. Now, lets say Nessie is cold blooded and can get by with less food. Lets say 150 pounds of food a day. That would still be a lot of fish. However, the fish aren't just swimming into the monster's mouth. It has to chase them, so that will up the caloric content which means more pounds of fish. I have never heard about how much plankton there is in the water of Loch Ness, but the monster would have to spend a lot of time cruising and straining the water and would have definately been found by now. Also, actively chasing the fish would result in it being found as well. If there is a monster in there, it needs to be part of a family because it has been spotted for centuries. That means a breeding population must exist because no animal can live forever. A breeding population means thousands of pounds of fish must be consumed in a day to support the monsters and there is just not that much food there.

There is just no real evidence that indicates a monster is in the waters of Loch Ness. In fact, the evidence points the other way. It suggests that a large creature could not survive in Loch Ness unless it could find another food source. Until a biologist makes a detailed film or series of photographs of it or someone can capture one dead or alive or find enough of an identifiable carcas, science will have to say no to Nessie.

Source(s):

Loch Ness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness

Killer Whale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orca

Finally, for fun, a Loch Ness webcam
http://www.lochness.co.uk/livecam/

Answer 3

I don't believe there is an actual 'Loch Ness Monster', but I wouldn't rule it out completely. Anything is possible. Once its proven or ruled out that there is none, then that's that.

Answer 4

There isnt enough food in loch ness, its vertually empty of fish or plants. Not even a lot of plankton.

Answer 5

Sure! I believe in God and you can't prove that either. Without a little mystery, life is just a text book isn't it.

Answer 6

Nessie , yes you gotta believe, why the hell else will tourists go to Scotland? Freaking haggis? Bagpipes?

Answer 7

I wouldn't say that I believe in it, but I won't deny there is a possibility such creature could exist w/o our knowing it.

Answer 8

sure why not?? they cant prove there is one and they cant prove there isn't one