toldailytopic: Monsters! What (yet to be discovered) creatures are the most likely to

[Nathon Detroit]

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toldailytopic: Monsters! What (yet to be discovered) creatures are the most likely to actually be real?

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[The Berean]

Colossal Squid! :jawdrop:

 

[Nathon Detroit]

New creatures are still being discovered in remote parts of this world, for instance...

Philippines dragon-sized lizard is a new species

What other yet to be discovered creatures might exist out there????

Maybe...

Chupacabras, Bigfoot, Yeti, the Loch Ness Monster, the Jersey Devil, Mothman, Yowie, Yeren, Pukwudgie???

Or how about...

Mermaids?? Or possibly the Kraken?? :chuckle:

Some folks think some dinosaurs still exist in remote portions of the world.

It's fun thinking about such animals what do you think are the most likely living monsters?

 

[MrRadish]

I wish the Elephant Bird was still around. Or the Giant Eagle. Cryptozoology is a lot of fun, but reading about awesome, extinct animals is rather depressing.

 

[Nick M]

I saw the giant Flip lizzard on Yahoo today. There is no monster in Loch Ness, not feasable. Other water monsters, sure. But probably not like that or a Cracken.

 

[Nathon Detroit]

Any Big Foot believers around?

 

[Lucky]

Demons aka devils aka fallen angels. Not entirely undiscovered, but we don't really know a whole lot about those monsters. I'm sure Freak would say he deals with them all the time.

 

[hahnz]

Bigtime bigfoot believer. Jane Goodall is a bigfoot believer. Though no bodies have been found dead, it is a myth to suppose that that is a litmus test for the existence of a creature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NmCmfdFAhQ

 

[PlastikBuddha]

Colossal Squid! :jawdrop:

:squint:

"...the Antarctic or Giant Cranch Squid, is believed to be the largest fake squid species in terms of mass..."

 

[hahnz]

I saw the giant Flip lizzard on Yahoo today. There is no monster in Loch Ness, not feasable. Other water monsters, sure. But probably not like that or a Cracken.

consider the ceolacanth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelacanth

T"he coelacanths, which are related to lungfishes and tetrapods, were believed to have been extinct since the end of the Cretaceous period. They were considered the "missing link" between the fish and the tetrapods until the first Latimeria specimen was found off the east coast of South Africa, off the Chalumna River in 1938. They are, therefore, a Lazarus taxon."


Just curious...what evidence shows you that a small population of semi-large underwater creatures could not live in a deep cavernous lake such as Loch Ness?

 

[serpentdove]

Kraken?? :chuckle:

Like in Clash of the Titans? Terrible movie by the way.

 

[TomO]

Manbearpig! :shocked:

 

[serpentdove]

New creatures ...

Chupacabra--yes.
Vampires--yes.
Bigfoot--unexplained.
The Loch Ness Monster--yes.
Mermaids (Figi)--yes.

 

[The Berean]

:squint:

"...the Antarctic or Giant Cranch Squid, is believed to be the largest fake squid species in terms of mass..."

I saw that. I'm not sure what it means by "fake". The link goes to another page describing Cephalopod size

 

[The Berean]

Bigtime bigfoot believer. Jane Goodall is a bigfoot believer. Though no bodies have been found dead, it is a myth to suppose that that is a litmus test for the existence of a creature.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NmCmfdFAhQ

There are no fossils of any large primate in North America

 

[Nathon Detroit]

Manbearpig! :shocked:

Sea Bear.

 

[hahnz]

why are fossils necessary?

 

[TomO]

Chupacabra--yes.
Vampires--yes.
Bigfoot--unexplained.
The Loch Ness Monster--yes.
Mermaids (Figi)--yes.

ITT the "X-Files" is authoritative documentation. lain:

 

[Ktoyou]

Any Big Foot believers around?

No, it's just plain dumb. It would be impossible for a hairy manlike doofus to remain hidden considering today's technology.

 

[Ktoyou]

What might be possible would be larger than known, such as Carcharodon carcharias to exist today, large sharks though extinct might exist in the deep today. something close the a megalodon, but a decedent. Also this is more likely speculation.