Moontanman

Not on my screen for some reason I do not have that option. I tried it and it worked, odd that i can't just directly access my blog. I got a malicious web site warning when I clicked your link and this: http://www.invisionpower.com/apps/board/

I have to say 14 pages over this topic is amazingly boring and obvious, no way to tell if it is or if it isn't, being a progressive if i had to bet you can guess what my bet would be...

Any mention of radiation often brings on panic and hyperbole, the data while not reassuring is a rough comparison...

I live on the coast and while my observations are strictly anecdotal if it had a significant effect the local commercial fishermen would be reporting it for sure...

How do i go to my blog? When i click on blogs it just gives me one page of the latest blogs.

Highly enlightening, thank you.

I would have to say that there is a lot of hype around the Fukushima accident, very difficult to separate hype from reality sadly...

Do we know how much radiation was released at Fukushima compared to an atomic explosion?

Not really true, O2 levels have fluctuated from as high as 33% during the time of giant arthropods, and the great dying was in some part attributed to much lower levels than we have today. SwansonT is correct but you might have problems with providing evidence for any assertions it is killing phytoplankton.

How do I access my blog posts?

I have never been able to understand why -1 x -1 = 1 it looks wrong in a very basic way to me...

This is just speculation but i found out that megalodon was in direct competition with a monster whale, megalodon was not the baddest boy on the block, a whales intelligence and extra senses could have made the difference . Modern Orcas kill and eat great whites with relative ease could competion with dwindling resources with Livyatan melvillei have led to the extinction of megalodon? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livyatan_melvillei

They always call these things monsters, doesn't matter what it is, modern hype always come to the for. Find an extra large eel, it's a monster, a two foot frog, it's a monster, catch a giant sturgeon it's a monster, I certainly do not name them I most certainly cannot can't rename them. Stick your head in the sand over semantics, I do not make the names and the names have nothing to do with the reality of the creature...

Your definition of monsters and mine would seem to be a bit different.. Would you mind explaining how i swung back to the monster thing? Through out this thread I have tried to draw away from the monster aspect, the freshwater seahorse which was a real thing people believed in that fooled scientists, museums, field researchers and serves as a great example of how rumors can be the result of complete lies...

That vid was just the first I came up with, you are correct it is click bait, I am familiar with that salamander and to be honest it never occurred to me that anyone would take the pic seriously... I already gave some links but they do not lead to active links any longer, it will take some digging to find them i am sure.. http://en.wikipedia....iant_salamander http://en.wikipedia....le_Lake_Monster http://www.nanfa.org...jan03/0034.html http://www.nanfa.org...jan03/0030.html http://forteanzoology.blogspot.com/2009/12/muirheads-mysteries-pink-unknowns-in.html http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/09/giant-salamander-ogopogo.html

I was trying to point out that cryptids are not always some fantastic creature that could not exist but there are many possible mundane creatures that are still unknown to science, some are found every year. The reason why cryptids have such a low reputation is that most of the people who search for them ignore animals that are really possible and go after things that almost certainly cannot be found with the hopes of making huge amounts of money from gullible people. The supposed cryptids i pointed out are not famous, not even unlikely, they are mentions in footnotes of reports that were odd at the time but never really looked into for various reasons, lack of interest being one of the most likely. Coming across a bunch of dead salamanders in the early 1800's in a remote location no matter how big they were was unlikely to spur huge amounts of interest. The only thing demeaning to science is the people perpetrating hoaxes to make money off the gullible. Historical records do occasionally mention odd things that are not "sexy" enough for modern con artists to whip up interest, these things interest me far more that monsters...

What's the deal with salt water? I live near the ocean and salt water just messes everything up...

The chinese giant salamanders get larger but my point was could the reports on canada be something similar not the same animal. I see no reason to think that giant salamanders in northern north america would be the same animal and ancient salamanders got quite large some as much as 4 meters long.

Well considering that Ohio is thousands of miles away from the Japanese giant salamander and is not the same species and possibly not even the same genus or even family so I don't understand why the size of one should affect the size of the other. It has been many years since I looked into this and it turns out the salamanders in Ohio were reported as 6 to 7 feet long but as i said I see no reason to think the size of one would influence the size of the other. The picture in the video is forced perspective and I was just using it as an example of giant salamanders that do still exist. The ones known vary in max size from about 5 to 6 foot long. The one reputed to live in the wilds of canada is supposed to be quite large as well having been seen laying on the banks of remote lakes in groups much like alligators in more tropical climes. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Koolasuchus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_giant_salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_giant_salamander While the reports from Ohio are nothing but anecdotal they were officially recorded by people with no agenda of cryptozoology fame to motivate them as are the reports of the far canadian north it is also true that very large amphibians once roamed the earth even into the Cretaceous. In some places they occupied a similar ecological niche as alligators do in more tropical regions but in much colder regions one being reported from antarctica at the end of the Cretaceous. I am not suggesting these animals are real but since the reports were never sensationalized in quite the way that other cryptids are it might be possible to dig up info that is not tainted by the human tendency to look for faime. Their propensity for cold habitats, even in modern times to me at least makes them a little more reasonable, their modern counterparts are very elusive rarely being seen and they still occupy cold habitats. Cold regions of the world, especially aquatic habitats are not very well explored, If I was going to go cryptid hunting and wasn't looking for the fame and glory of bigfoot or Mokele Mbembe I would choose lakes of the far north but the physical dangers of extreme cold, wild animals, and difficulty reaching these remote regions is more than enough to keep most cryptozoologists away I think...

I'll look into it, it's been many years since I discussed these animals.. Some place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_Alps_giant_salamander http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_Lake_Monster http://www.nanfa.org/archive/nanfa/nanfajan03/0034.html http://www.nanfa.org/archive/nanfa/nanfajan03/0030.html

Since it's not really representative of reality i suggest you go to you tube to find all those missing pics now being displayed as short films..

I assume that since we are talking cryptozoology and not specifics here there is one or cryptids that have always puzzled me. First reports of a large alligator like animal in the canadian swamps and forests. A place where it is far too cold for alligators or their kin but reports have been made of such creatures, could we be talking about something similar to this? Also before the US became a country there was a report of a forest fire that scorched a large section of a small river in Ohio leaving behind large 10' or so lizards that had antlers, very odd stories. Lizards with antlers sounds like very large mudpuppies which have external gills that look like antlers.

My back yard? There are not very many places where the soil too polluted to grow fruit, I am sure there are some but you will have to be more specific, Heavy metals occur naturally in most of the planets soils and you would have to define what you mean by polluted.

Head transplants now possible? Is the ultimate way to fight the aging of your body or a deranged bid to fight the inevitable? http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530103.700-first-human-head-transplant-could-happen-in-two-years.html#.VO9oR3zF-uJ

I have watched the isle of man TT races on TV, I wish i had been there in person for some of those races, wild stuff... I once watched a flat track race and had one of the riders in my lap when he lost it and went into the crowd, good times...