RE: Kraken vs. Ichthyosaurs

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

On Sun, Oct 16th, 2011 at 2:20 AM, Erik Boehm <erikboehm07@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a feeling that BS like this is how myths got started millennia ago.

The natural proclivity for fishermen to exaggerate has probably resulted in 
many 'sea monster' 
stories. A 7m giant octopus can become a 70m ship-eater in just a few 
retellings of the tale. Not 
that you'd have to exaggerate much if you sighted a 17m oarfish though.

Regarding the Triassic kraken; I believe a book is in the works, to be 
published in Britain, that will 
argue that this particular kraken was exibiting pathological behaviour. 

The book will cost six quid.

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Dann Pigdon
Spatial Data Analyst               Australian Dinosaurs
Melbourne, Australia               http://home.alphalink.com.au/~dannj
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