Mosasaurs Off New Zealand?
Posted by: Nick Redfern on August 20th, 2012
In a new post at CFZ-New Zealand, titled The Possiblity of Mosasaurs breeding off the New Zealand Coast, Tony Lucas begins:
“There have been many encounters with unknown creatures off the coast of New Zealand, with the East coast being particularly favoured. There is a very good reason for this, running parallel to New Zealand’s coastline is the Hikurangi Trench. A deep gouge on the ocean floor, that descends in places to depths of 3,750 metres…”
Are such beasts really swimming around? Read on…
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There have been some intriguing reports over the years of sightings at sea that have fit the mososaur motif–most sea serpent reports are the classic head and neck, but every now and then a crocodilian shaped critter makes it on the incident list.
Mososaurs are some of my favorite aquatics, but I’m not sure I’d want to ever meet one…or to know that there’s still a viable population of them out there–they were very efficient hunters.
Ummm, first, it should be “mosasaurs”. Second, actual evidence? Thought not….