It is time once again for "Hey, Science," our world-renowned feature in which we enlist real live scientific experts to answer humanity's most provocative/ dumb scientific questions. Today: Do unknown sea monsters still lurk in the deep?
The above pictured sea beast was reportedly pulled from the Raritan River in New Jersey river sometime
last week
two summers ago by a Doug Cutler who, as luck would have it, was fishing with a bow and arrow at the time. Cutler spotted the creature, captured it, and a friend posted the above photo to Reddit last week,…
"Did a 'Sea Monster' Wash Up on a South Carolina Coast?" asks KSEE News 24. Then they answer their question: "A South Carolina aquarium vet quickly dispelled this belief, identifying the freaky fish as a very large sturgeon." Bummer. [KSEE24]
When it comes to paranoia, certain environments are more fertile than others. Yale University, gothic bastion of secret societies and birthplace of the C.I.A., is among America's most fertile.
The innocent civilians of the Hawaiian islands are being stalked by a bloodthirsty baby seal, which circles a lagoon plotting how to kill humans twice: First, with cuteness; then, with drowning. Cutie patootie, or aquatic psychotic?
