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"Mammal"? Has Nessie ever been classified as a mammal? She/he/it could be a fish, or an amphibian. I wouldn't assume that a below-water-dwelling creature is a mammal.
In addition to large sturgeons, I've seen speculation in the past that Nessie is a large eel, or even some sort of invertebrate. Assuming of course that it exists which at this point doesn't seem very likely.
Does the lake freeze solid in the winter? If it does it would make it hard for an air breathing mammal to survive.
Most of the lake freeses in the winter usually but not always... river outlets like at LITTLE RIVER where the sighting happned, has fast flowing water, and so does not freeze. But Cooper Island, I believe where I believe the Shussy resides in the winter, and it is a volcanic core, and as such could have been plugged obviously yet be venting air from below, via lava channels that have drained backwards etc... air might be available.
Also do note that almost all the good fishing in the lake occurs right off Copper Island, and very deep depths. This strange, but if there is venting below that can easily explain the increase in fish in the area, because of aeration. Aeriation for fish in the winter is a very real method of keeping them alive in the winter, and maybe there is a food source for the fish there as well. And where there are fish, a Shussy Lockness Monster can have its food supply
In addition to large sturgeons, I've seen speculation in the past that Nessie is a large eel, or even some sort of invertebrate. Assuming of course that it exists which at this point doesn't seem very likely.
EELs dont have a pronounced head, and they dont usually swim with vertical indulations as this Nessie was doing. This according to my wife, seeing the head, and its swimming pattern...
Besides in diving vertical indulations would make it dive easily and quickly rather than horizontal ones.
In addition to large sturgeons, I've seen speculation in the past that Nessie is a large eel, or even some sort of invertebrate. Assuming of course that it exists which at this point doesn't seem very likely.
Reptile type dinosaur might be a better guess, as remember dinosaurs didnt all die in a supposed above water event like a silly asteroid, but more likely all died by a water event called the worldwide FLOOD. IMSO
Sorry to post again.... reptiles are cold blooded, dinosaurs are cold blooded.. how would they survive the cold water... of northern lakes.
Volcanic vents could again be the solution or answer. Volcanic activity makes hot steam which could locally give off enough heat to warm deep water enough to sustain a large reptile.. Interesting..heat, air, and food supply
SEE Hawaian Volcanic Erutpions and the Black Serpent post or dream of Ben
Most of the lake freeses in the winter usually but not always... river outlets like at LITTLE RIVER where the sighting happned, has fast flowing water, and so does not freeze. But Cooper Island, I believe where I believe the Shussy resides in the winter, and it is a volcanic core, and as such could have been plugged obviously yet be venting air from below, via lava channels that have drained backwards etc... air might be available.
Also do note that almost all the good fishing in the lake occurs right off Copper Island, and very deep depths. This strange, but if there is venting below that can easily explain the increase in fish in the area, because of aeration. Aeriation for fish in the winter is a very real method of keeping them alive in the winter, and maybe there is a food source for the fish there as well. And where there are fish, a Shussy Lockness Monster can have its food supply
SEE Google Map of Copper Island, etc
Here is a navigational chart of the lake and your Copper Island: i-Boating : Free Marine Navigation Charts & Fishing Maps. The lake is not super deep and the fish finders should not have a difficult time picking up a large Nessie type creature. On the Anstey Arm of the lake the depth goes down to 132 feet. Keep in mind that the Loch Ness has a depth of 745'. Close to Cooper Island the water is shallow but then goes down to about 40'.
EELs dont have a pronounced head, and they dont usually swim with vertical indulations as this Nessie was doing. This according to my wife, seeing the head, and its swimming pattern...
Besides in diving vertical indulations would make it dive easily and quickly rather than horizontal ones.
I think at least some of the sightings are explained by otters (don't know about your situation) - when you sight something out on a large body of water it's difficult to get a sense of scale (that's also a problem with size estimates in UFO sightings). See:
Otters do swim with an up and down motion, and as I said in an earlier post two or three of them playing and following each other in the water could appear as a Nessie-type creature. Here's a video of an otter in Alaska:
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