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nessiteras rhombopteryx
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It would be the scientific name of the mythical "Loch Ness monster (Scotland)" 128527; . The point is that the English biologist and co-founder of the WWF Sir Peter Markham Scott gave his support to enthusiasts of the creature by baptizing it with the scientific name of Nessiteras Rhombopteryx ("Ness monster [with] the [shaped] of rhombus" fin") in 1975. As so far the only known name was the unserious Nessie, the contribution was welcomed by cryptozoologists who already felt endorsed their theory about a surviving animal of the Mesozoic period that they could include in the list of endangered species. At least until the British newspaper Daily Telegraph revealed that that name was an anagram of monster hoax by Sir Peter S. ( "monster joke by Peter S. " ) , something the biologist denied, but mostly out of compromise. In fact, his friend Robert H. Rines who financed the expedition that in the 1970s photographed something, and presented it as proof of the existence of the animal – photo that gave it the inspiration for the name – wanted to refute journalists by saying that it could also be an anagram of yes, both pix are monsters, R. ( "yes, the two photos are monsters, R. " ) ; without too much success.

  



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