The Loch Ness Monster

Steven said:
'Tales abound of torn fishing nets, capsized boats, and a haunting fog that marks the Monster’s presence. But everything changes when an 11-year-old budding biologist named Mara encounters the Monster—who prefers to be called Nessa, thank you very much—and survives to tell the tale.'

I'm sure this will be welcomed with joy on social media.
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Although they don't realise the truism as one of the best theories (@lordmongrove) the creatures are sterile eels that don't migrate but stay in the loch getting bigger

Also had no idea trawlers with fishing nets were ploughing up and down the loch, you'd think they would have caught the non-binary slippery eel by now...
 
...the creatures are sterile eels

Wouldn't that mean that they'd die-out entirely before very long though?
 
The theory is they live a lot longer than normal eels, and also that there's something that causes the occasional eel to not migrate to breed so they stay in the loch and continuing growing, There may only be a very small number of them at any one time but it's topped up by the occasional normal eels mutating rather than them breeding like a seperate species, as far as I understand it.
I think there's been examples of them in capivity (possibly an aquarium in the north of England if I recall correctly), but as far as I know, no-one's ever caught one in Loch Ness. @lordmongrove may be able to fill in a bit more detail.
 
WulversStane said:
The theory is they live a lot longer than normal eels, and also that there's something that causes the occasional eel to not migrate to breed so they stay in the loch and continuing growing, There may only be a very small number of them at any one time but it's topped up by the occasional normal eels mutating rather than them breeding like a seperate species, as far as I understand it.
I think there's been examples of them in capivity (possibly an aquarium in the north of England if I recall correctly), but as far as I know, no-one's ever caught one in Loch Ness. @lordmongrove may be able to fill in a bit more detail.
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The idea is that sterile eels stay in fresh water getting older and bigger. One reported by Canadian tourists at Loch Ness in 2004 was supposed to be 25 feet long. There is one story of a 20 foot eels been caught in the cooling works at a hydro-eclectric works in Foyers near the Loch but it seems to be an urban legend, i've never tracked down anything solid. https://lochnessmystery.blogspot.com/2021/05/more-on-giant-eel-stories.html
 
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Boaty McBoatface finds Loch Ness... camera
Camera set up to catch Loch Ness Monster discovered
Adrian Shine has a long, white beard and is holding the container that held the camera. Loch Ness is behind him.
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Loch Ness expert Adrian Shine said it was remarkable that the camera had survived 55 years in the loch

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An underwater camera set up 55 years ago to try and photograph the Loch Ness Monster has been found by accident by a robot submarine.

The ocean-going yellow sub - called Boaty McBoatyface - was being put through trials when its propeller snagged the mooring for the 1970s camera system.

It is believed it was lowered 180m (591ft) below the loch's surface by the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau, a group set up in the 1960s to uncover the existence of Nessie in the waters.

No footage of Nessie has been found on the camera, but one of the submarine's engineers was able to develop a few images of the loch's murky waters.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx20g82y1k8o
 
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