Loch Ness Monster Facts

 Nessie is usually described as having a small head, long neck, broad body, four flippers and a long tail. The scientific name for the Loch Ness Monster is a plesiosaur, which is a type of carnivorous aquatic, usually marine, reptile. The Loch Ness Monster cannot be a mammal as it does not have to breathe air. If it needed to surface in order to breath air it would most probably have been seen by many before now.Nessie is the most famous cryptid in the world. The word 'cryptid' is used in cryptozoology and refers to a hidden creature or living creature which might exist. This should not be confused with unreal or mythical creatures. For a beast to qualify as a cyrptid there needs to be some form of evidence of existence. Loch Ness is one of a group of interconnected lochs that are in the area of Scotland known as the Great Glen ("Glen Mor"). There are other lochs, Loch Lochy and Loch Oich. Lake Loch the largest fresh water body in Britain, it is over twenty two miles in length and over a mile and a half at its widest, total surface area is approximately 21 square miles. Loch Ness is also deep and goes down almost 800 feet, it has been estimated that the loch is large enough to hold the entire population of the world ten times over.