Xref: utzoo sci.bio:1410 sci.misc:2240 sci.research:453 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!att!whuts!homxb!hropus!jgy From: jgy@hropus.UUCP (John Young) Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.misc,sci.research Subject: Re: The Loch Ness Monster Keywords: Nessie Loch Ness passages Message-ID: <239@hropus.UUCP> Date: 1 Aug 88 01:48:22 GMT References: <861@altger.UUCP> <31293@cca.CCA.COM> <2160@alliant.Alliant.COM> <34997@aero.ARPA> Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ Lines: 18 >In article <2160@alliant.Alliant.COM> miani@alliant.UUCP (Thomas Miani) writes: >> What makes you think that the species may be trapped, The lake >> ole nessy lives in is 700 feet deep. Within the cavern there may >> be many many passages to where ever, and nessy may go who knows >> where. Nessy or a animal/whatever has been spotted in not just >> ireland, but in the mid east, and off the usa shores also. > > I suggest you check Loch Ness's altitude sometime > soon. At 52 feet above sea level (according to the > Encyclopaedia Britannica), no matter how deep the > Loch is (and it gets deeper than 700 feet, even), > the likelihood of a hole leading to the sea somewhere > is about the same as the existence of Nessy. > Not to mention the absence of salty Lochwater! > Dave Suess zeus@aerospace.aero.org, aero!zeus I suggest you look the definition of the work "loch" in some nearby reference. Perhaps joke too?