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Sea Monsters!

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07.09.2008

The possibility of an undiscovered species lurking beneath the waters incites wonder and—depending on its purported features—a healthy dose of fear. Reports of large, ferocious creatures of the deep have been around since at least the 7th Century, when historians date the first written accounts of the Scottish Loch Ness Monster. Get acquainted with some of the world's most famous sea monsters this week on Tetrapod Zoology.

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