The Loch Ness Monster might not be a myth after all.
ossils of plesiosaurs in an ancient river system, which may indicate they lived in freshwater areas — just like Loch Ness in Scotland — and not only seawater.the researchers said it was “plausible” a plesiosaur — a prehistoric reptile with a long and slender neck — could have once lived in the Scottish lake known as Loch Ness.
Plesiosaur fossils were identified in a 100 million-year-old river system in Morocco’s Sahara Desert, which could mean they lived in freshwater.“It’s a bit controversial, but who’s to say that because we paleontologists have always called them ‘marine reptiles,’ they had to live in the sea?” said Dr. Nick Longrich, of the university’s Milner Centre for Evolution, the BBC reported. “Lots of marine lineages invaded freshwater.
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