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In northeastern Ohio and Michigan folklore, Bessie is a name given to a lake monster in Lake Erie, [1] [2] also known as South Bay Bessie [3] or simply The Lake Erie Monster. The first recorded sighting of Bessie occurred in 1817, [ 2 ] and more sightings have occurred intermittently and in greater frequency in the last three decades. [ 2 ]
The skull of a pliosaur, a prehistoric sea monster, was discovered on a beach in Dorset, England, and it could reveal secrets about these awe-inspiring creatures.
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Pliosauroidea is an extinct clade of plesiosaurs, known from the earliest Jurassic to early Late Cretaceous.They are best known for the subclade Thalassophonea, which contained crocodile-like short-necked forms with large heads and massive toothed jaws, commonly known as pliosaurs.
The sea monster from Monkeybone is an inhabitant of Down Town and is performed by Nathan Stein. It resembles a piscine humanoid that is protruding from the back of its large seahorse-like mount. In Ninjago: Seabound, Wojira is a Giant Sea Serpent/Dragon that can control water and wind using the storm and wave amulets.
Profile of Leedsichthys problematicus from the BBC series Sea Monsters "Biggest Fish Ever Found" Unearthed in U.K. National Geographic News. Published October 1, 2003. Article on the latest discovery of a Leedsichthys problematicus fossil, estimated 22 meters = 72 feet (22 m) long. Picture of Leedsichthys problematicus; Article on Leedsichthys ...
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In Nordic mythology, Jörmungandr (or Midgarðsormr) was a sea serpent or worm so long that it encircled the entire world, Midgard. [4] Sea serpents also appear frequently in later Scandinavian folklore, particularly in that of Norway, such as an account that in 1028 AD, Saint Olaf killed a sea serpent in Valldal in Norway, throwing its body onto the mountain Syltefjellet.