One problem I have with so called deep-sea cryptids is the propensity for folks to push the monster deeper and deeper all the way into the trenches. I mean fair enough we have discovered only a small fraction of the total ocean floor but some monsters, say,
C. megalodon would have been pelagic fish judging from their inferred diet of large mammals and sea turtles.
A modern model we could consider is the sperm whale, though every 2 hours it needs to come up for air and whaling expeditions have uncovered thousands of them. We nearly hunted blue whales to extinction.
Then again rare goblin sharks and the megamouth were discovered fairly recently.
But I just see an argument from ignorance with a pinch of goalpost move from that line of reasoning. Oftentimes it's "I heard about stories of this huge monster shark maybe the size of the blue whale". It's kinda uncomfortable territory. On one hand we really don't know all there is to know in the sea. But we are also familiar with some biological constraints on large animals that may not allow them to live deep near the ocean floor, the cryptozoologist's favorite hiding place.
On top of all of that we ought to consider the fossil record and whether that shows any pattern or trend in abundance and other stuff.
Personally I don't believe in sea monsters like that. I think it's just a bunch of smoke. 6 mile deep ocean or not.
C. megalodon would have been pelagic fish judging from their inferred diet of large mammals and sea turtles.
A modern model we could consider is the sperm whale, though every 2 hours it needs to come up for air and whaling expeditions have uncovered thousands of them. We nearly hunted blue whales to extinction.
Then again rare goblin sharks and the megamouth were discovered fairly recently.
But I just see an argument from ignorance with a pinch of goalpost move from that line of reasoning. Oftentimes it's "I heard about stories of this huge monster shark maybe the size of the blue whale". It's kinda uncomfortable territory. On one hand we really don't know all there is to know in the sea. But we are also familiar with some biological constraints on large animals that may not allow them to live deep near the ocean floor, the cryptozoologist's favorite hiding place.
On top of all of that we ought to consider the fossil record and whether that shows any pattern or trend in abundance and other stuff.
Personally I don't believe in sea monsters like that. I think it's just a bunch of smoke. 6 mile deep ocean or not.
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