![]() ![]() Many lakes around the world have had local stories about the secret monster that lives at the bottom, and as the world was getting ready for the moving pictures, a lot of these separate myths consolidated into one shared stock trope about hidden lake creatures waiting to be found by open-minded zoologists. Its mysterious allure and continuous camera shyness has led the Loch Ness Monster to inspire many other myths and urban legends of lake-dwelling cryptids, as well as having legends of other lakes sneak back into its own. Rines (who took two supposed pictures of the monster) pointed out the anagram could also be read as: 'Yes, both pix are monsters, R.' However, according to the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, the name cannot be considered official because there is no specimen for it to be attached to. ![]() It's an anagram of 'monster hoax by Sir Peter S', though Scott denied this was intentional and fellow Nessie researcher Robert H. kind of hard to take it seriously.Īh, Nessie, Nessiteras rhombopteryx note The specific name of the Loch Ness Monster, Nessiteras rhombopteryx ("the monster of Ness with the diamond shaped fin") was devised in the 1970s by the naturalist Peter Scott.
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