Scott Mardis' earlier comparison of The Moha-Moha to a Plesiosaur wuth theoretical tailfin.
Soay_Beast_by_Pristichampsus-Modified by DD. Scott Mardis wanted the Witness' drawing and this is the best I could come up with at the time. Sort of like a smaller edition of the Valhalla SS.
Recent Nessie at UL, O'Connor Nessie photo at LL: Plesiosaurs swimming
like sea turtles UR and Lake Champlain monster video bottom and Left.
In this case the swimming monsters are compared to actual swimming Leatherback turtles (UR)
OConnor_Nessie_cf_Nahuelito
One of those Comparisons I thought might be interesting. If both photos are
valid, then the jawline, blunted nose and position of the eye socket are
comparable. That is, IF the photos can be trusted
I have frequently said that it is not helpful to think of a Plesiosaur as a "Dinosaur" or "Monster", it is more like a shelless big turtle with teeth. Thinking of it as a turtle is much more valuable in assessing its physiology, habits, tolerances and diet. Also, it seems, how they swim, in particular all these photo tht seem to show how they swim at the surface. I would further suggest this is good evidence for the same sort of creature to be in both Loch Ness and Lake Champlain, probably also Lake Nahuel Huapi (Patagonian Plesiosaurs) and in the seas world-wide but noting especially off of Scotland, South America, and Australia (&New Zealand) Where they are also on occasion compared to big sea turtles
Native_LongNecker_Depictions_Worldwide
"Serpopards" in Africa and later into Asia>Europe
Seem to have been a separate category originally but later identified as Longneckers
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