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Article #1224Re: Modern Pleisiosaur?
From: Josh Hayes
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 1990 15:58
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 1990 15:58
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In an interesting book titled "In the Wake of the Sea Serpent", Bernard Heuvelmans shows that basking sharks usually decay in such a way as to look very much like a plesiosaur, due to the structure of their skeleton and their relatively tiny braincase. I suspect that's what this was, which would also explain why it smelled so bad they had to chuck it or upchuck.... Bernard, by the way, believes in sea "monsters", I tend not to, but the ocean is such a damn big and alien place I refuse to rule it out categorically. After all, the giant squid is a scientifically recognized species (in a monotypic genus, Architeuthis). Who knows? Josh Hayes, Zoology Department, Miami University, Oxford OH 45056 voice: 513-529-1679 fax: 513-529-6900 jahayes@miamiu.bitnet, or jahayes@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu I'm back, I'm back! I've been to ancient Greece -- I have proof, look at this grape!
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