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		<title>A Review of the Evidence for Living Plesiosaurs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam_Stuart_Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Are They Really Gone?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lake & Sea Monsters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creationist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dinosaurs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague and I were interviewed recently for a radio program about plesiosaurs; not surprisingly one of the first questions posed by the host was about the Loch Ness monster. “Is the Loch Ness monster a plesiosaur or a cousin of the plesiosaur?” we were asked. The wording of the question surprised me somewhat - we were not asked: “do you believe that the Loch Ness monster is a plesiosaur?” or even “do you believe in Nessie?”. The question asked assumes that a monster does exist in Loch Ness and that it is either a plesiosaur or a relative of plesiosaurs. Was the interviewer justified in making this assumption? In this review I'll cast a critical eye over the evidence for living plesiosaurs.]]></description>
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		<title>Sea-monster or Shark: An Alleged Modern Plesiosaur</title>
		<link>http://monsterscience.org/wordpress/?p=121</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>guestauthor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lake & Sea Monsters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[basking shark]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lock ness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michihiko Yano]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nessie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plesiosaur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pseudo-plesiosaur]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sea serpents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A decayed carcass accidentally netted by a Japanese trawler near New Zealand in 1977 has often been claimed by creationists and others to be a likely plesiosaur or prehistoric "sea-monster." Plesiosaurs were a group of long-necked, predatory marine reptiles with four paddle-like limbs, thought to have gone extinct with the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. However, several lines of evidence, including lab results from tissue samples taken from the carcass before it was discarded, strongly point to the specimen being a shark, and most likely a basking shark. This should not be surprising, since basking sharks are known to decompose into "pseudoplesiosaur" forms, and their carcasses have been mistaken for "sea-monsters" many times in the past. Unfortunately, the results of scientific studies on the carcass data received less media attention than the early sensational reports, allowing widespread misconceptions about this case to continue circulating. Therefore, a thorough review of its history and the pertinent evidence is warranted.]]></description>
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		<title>Dermal Ridges: Updated Review Material</title>
		<link>http://monsterscience.org/wordpress/?p=105</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mcrowley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flaws, Facts & Fallacies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigfoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dermal ridges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dessication ridges]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tracks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In this updated response to Dr. Jeff Meldrum's book Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science, author Matt Crowley examines the claims of dermal ridges - the elements of skin that make fingerprints - and the likelihood that what some have suspected are print details are actually artifacts from the casting process. ]]></description>
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		<title>Voice of Reason: The Reality of Bigfoot</title>
		<link>http://monsterscience.org/wordpress/?p=79</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bradford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigfoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[footprints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[krantz]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Benjamin Radford Bigfoot&#8217;s been a busy beastie recently, especially in Canada. In April a Manitoba ferry operator videotaped a large, dark, indistinct creature moving along a riverbank. Whatever it was &#8212; Bigfoot, bear, bison, or otherwise &#8212; it caused quite a stir and made international news. Three months later, in nearby Yukon province, Teslin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evidence for the Abominable Snowman? Not Yeti!</title>
		<link>http://monsterscience.org/wordpress/?p=76</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bradford</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[gates]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2007 Josh Gates &#8220;Yeti Tracks&#8221; by Benjamin Radford The Yeti (formerly known as the Abominable Snowman until he fired his publicist) is Nepal&#8217;s version of the American Bigfoot. Like Bigfoot, it is large, powerful, leaves strange tracks, and has never been proven to exist outside of folklore and myth. Interest in the supposed creature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cornell University Goes Out On a Limb</title>
		<link>http://monsterscience.org/wordpress/?p=74</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mrdennett</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Are They Really Gone?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flaws, Facts & Fallacies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigfoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[woodpeckers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Michael R. Dennett Bigfoot may no longer be the most sought after or even the most elusive creature in North America. For bird watchers, at least, there is a more important search to conduct. This past year saw a continuation of the story originating in the 2005 discovery of a species believed extinct. To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare Woodpecker Sheds Light on Bigfoot</title>
		<link>http://monsterscience.org/wordpress/?p=70</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bradford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flaws, Facts & Fallacies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Benjamin Radford An illustrated view of the ivory-billed woodpecker. Image courtesy of John A. Ruthven This is a 1977 still photo made from a 16mm film made by Ivan Marx reportedly showing the legendary Big Foot cavorting in the hills of northern California. (AP Photo/File) As reported around the world, the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Endangered Species Protection for Bigfoot?</title>
		<link>http://monsterscience.org/wordpress/?p=68</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bradford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flaws, Facts & Fallacies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigfoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[endangered species]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fallacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Benjamin Radford In 2006, Mike Lake, a Canadian member of parliament from Edmonton, Alberta, agreed to introduce a petition that called for Bigfoot to be protected under the Canadian version of the endangered species act. Lake presented to the House of Commons a petition that stated, “The debate over (Bigfoot’s) existence is moot in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hog Washed!</title>
		<link>http://monsterscience.org/wordpress/?p=66</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>guestauthor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Giant Critters!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camera tricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hoax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hogzilla]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monster pig]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did a young boy kill a hog of monstrous size?  This article by Rhonda Roland Shearer puts some light on the science behind photos of giant monsters, and focuses on the facts of this case.]]></description>
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		<title>How Monsters are Made</title>
		<link>http://monsterscience.org/wordpress/?p=60</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bradford</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bears]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bigfoot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chupacabra]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Benjamin Radford Two of America&#8217;s mysterious creatures have recently reared their furry heads: Bigfoot and the goat-sucking chupacabra. On Sept. 16, 2007, a hunter in the Allegheny National Forest got photos of what some claim is a Bigfoot. The hunter had fastened a remote-trigger camera to a tree and when he returned he was [...]]]></description>
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