tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post4452924789928396933..comments2024-03-20T18:13:07.791-07:00Comments on LOCH NESS MONSTER: Nessie at 80 - The Tail EndGlasgow Boyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03597014995112568086noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-56698061973646063302013-04-20T18:07:36.218-07:002013-04-20T18:07:36.218-07:00One more way to look at it though: ALL of the end...One more way to look at it though: ALL of the endangered species that have gone extinct in recent decades were around many millennia, or even millions of years prior to that extinction. If a Loch Ness animal has gone extinct that recently, I'd suspect an indirect human cause first, and mere coincidence second. The effects of our industrial society have reached every corner of the Earth, and our impact on aquatic life in particular is only poorly understood. We cannot know the sensitivity and vulnerability of a particular species without knowing quite a bit more about it. Chytridiomycosis has devastated some 30% of amphibian species world-wide, and continues to do so. It particularly affects amphibians in colder climates. Again we humans are likely to blame for that, as the original carriers may have been African frogs we transported widely out of Africa. Although we've outlawed the hunting of whales in most countries, we're only now learning that military and industrial sonar can damage their nervous systems, and may account for the massive increase in beached whales in recent years.<br /><br />Steve Plambeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09651489411808346005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358999656752738469.post-59211983643906702962013-04-19T22:21:54.572-07:002013-04-19T22:21:54.572-07:00an enjoyable read, the Nessie 'mystery' de...an enjoyable read, the Nessie 'mystery' deserves to endure despite what is becoming more and more apparent with each passing year. Or maybe there were some real beasties that in Loch Ness in the 30's and endured until the 70's. Seems hard to believe though that a group of animals that had survived millions of years finally went extinct in the past 30 or 40 years. If science ever can clone a plesiosaur, the first one deserves to put in Loch Ness jamesravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00870675215940687987noreply@blogger.com