If 'Nessie' is found to be alive and real...?

Question

what will that do to the whole idea of Dinosaurs being extinct for hundreds of millions of years? Can you imagine the uproar from the textbook writers to get that line of text changed in all those school books and story books, and not mention ALL those people who have placed their faith in those stories? I personally think that even if it is proven true, real, and alive...we may never hear about it!! What do you think?

Answer 1

There have been (even recently) reports of strange animals in the amazon and the congo that sound a lot like dinosaurs. And there are reports of giant flying reptiles in Indonesia, and so forth.

There are thousands of square miles of almost impenetrable swamps and thick jungle in the world. Natives in some of these places describe beasts that fit with what just might be dinosaurs. And what about all the sightings of lake monsters (like Nessie)?

This is a field called cryptozoology—the search for hidden animals. There just might be a few dinosaurs left, teetering on the edge of extinction. We are constantly discovering new species of animals and plants in remote areas. A tree can’t run away and hide and yet the Wollemi pine tree avoided detection until just recently (said to have become extinct millions of years ago).

To answer your question, it will sure be fun to watch them scramble if it happens.

Answer 2

You are assuming that Nessie is a dinosaur. If Nessie were found AND was a species of dinosaur, that would indeed disprove the idea that the dinosaurs went extinct. (BTW it was 65 million years ago ... not hundreds of millions.)

But that's about as valid an argument as saying "if the tooth fairy was found to exist, would that disprove the idea that tooth fairies don't exist?" Well, yes ... but that's a big IF.

In other words, a hypothetical discovery isn't evidence of anything.

> "I personally think that even if it is proven true, real, and alive...we may never hear about it!!"

??? On what basis do you make such a unfounded statement?! Do you know of a single case, EVER, where scientists even *tried* to keep some huge discovery secret? Even one example?

Scientists are really really BAD at secrecy. And they are even worse at conspiracy. There has never been a single example of a conspiracy (one that involved the scientific community in general) in the history of modern science (since science got out from under the thumb of the church).

Answer 3

i've got been to Loch Ness, and in keeping with what I heard and observed there, I tremendously doubt theres the form of concern as Nessie. The excursion boat captain defined each and all the searches with radar and such that they did interior the lake, and in spite of the reality that there are some unexplained device faults and unusual issues (that are probable purely there to maintain vacationers fascinated) my average opinion exchange into that the probabilities werent very severe. Bigfoot i think of has extra of an excellent gamble of exisiting, extraordinarily the Yeti in Nepal and Tibet. Theres plenty extra compelling information for the Yeti than Nessie. (with out declaring that not a one has ever been caught, which casts some doubts on the assumption)

Answer 4

If anyone ever finds a real Nessie, it will be impossible to keep the news quiet. The discovery will be made by an amateur, and there is no procedure amateurs go through before trumpeting their findings. I really don't think it will cause all the upset you're anticipating, however. Coelacanths are occasionally found, and we used to think they were extinct.

Answer 5

If I found a dinosaur in the jungle, first I would perhaps study its habits.

Then, I'd carefully spread the news with a speech clear enough so that understands, not only 10 guys at the top of the fod chain.

http://www.davidreilly.com/dodo/

Now as far as scientific reliability is concerned.... It's like they say in the Horoscopes division: "you cannot categorize people with only names".

Besides, you'd perhaps be surprised to know that many baby-boomers own chemistry and physics diplomas (what?! THEM?:), and *could* be scientists but only are local engineers. These guys still drink their beer, still watch hockey, still yell and swear like every modern peasant would do, and still fart and burp louder than anyone at 60 years old. See first, judge later.

Answer 6

Who said Nessie is a dino? It could be an animal holdout from some other epoch. No one has seen Nessie close up. Does it have limbs? Fins? There are so many conflicting descriptions.

Answer 7

Any scientist who discovered a living dinosaur would run, not walk, to publish. It'd be the find of the decade, he'd probably be famous.

The same goes for aliens, bigfoot, spirits & ghosts, ESP etc. The idea that scientists would go out of their way to conceal evidence of such things is really quite silly, realistically the opposite would happen.

Answer 8

...then good for her! Actually, there are quite a few other prehistoric creatures around. Sharks. That creature they just fished up about a week ago which they fished up about a week ago... this one: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070520/ap_on_re_au_an/indonesia_living_fossil;_ylt=Ar.sNWpO.9ncFxby9XfPk3F7hMgF