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Nessie not messy
Skeptical Inquirer, May-June, 2008 by Peter Weekes
I am moved to write by the letter from Dan Whipple in the January/February 2008 issue regarding the Loch Ness Monster.
Your correspondent asks why a (crypto) zoologist would want to study Nessie rather than an otter. I can think of several reasons. Here are ten of them:
1. No messy cages to clean out when studying in captivity.
2. No worrying about nutrition and disease for your experimental animals.
3. No pesky animal ethics committee applications.
4. The possibility of instant worldwide and everlasting fame when you actually capture one. A real one, not a video, blurred photograph, or Google Earth image.
5. Limited need for laboratory space and expensive chemicals.
6. Electron microscope time is kept to a minimum.
7. Ready access to the media.
8. A straightforward literature review.
9. A pleasant study area.
10. "I work on the Loch Ness Monster" is a great pickup line.
Peter Weekes
Ness Valley (really!)
New Zealand
COPYRIGHT 2008 Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal
COPYRIGHT 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning
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