Comments on: Norway’s Korel Giant

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Sat, 05 May 2007 06:22:28 +0000

um….tobar and kamoeba, let’s think about this. It’s not about whose on the lower part of evolution or anything like that–They live in the water. They can hold their breath longer. They definitely move faster. Nessie would definitely get a run for her money. Besides, what do we usually have to pay a crew on a ship? These little guys will do it for fish, and there are usually fish swimming in these lakes. How do you train them to go for an unknown creature? Especially when some of them have a natural flight mode when something big and possibly dangerous swims close by. I usually find that there are documented accounts of “extinct” animals. In fact there is a children’s book out there that talks about such things.

By: IMAdamnALIEN

IMAdamnALIEN — Sat, 05 May 2007 01:21:54 +0000

I think that Tobar and Kamoeba are missing the point here. Richard came up with a brilliant to system photograph these animals. His point is that we wouldn’t have to have a crew of people in a boat making a bunch of noise and robots with cameras underwater making a bunch of noise. He is saying that by wirelessly mounting a video capture device to biological organism you would get rid of all the things that scare these animals away. Thanks for thinking outside the box Richard! BTW there is only one species of fresh water seal and where it lives the climate is extremely cold. Your best bet would be a species of dolphin called Tucuxi since they can live in either fresh or salt water.

By: kamoeba

kamoeba — Fri, 04 May 2007 23:33:35 +0000

I’m with Tobar. Just because animals are lower on the food chain than humans doesn’t mean that they get along. Also, I’m guessing the capture and subsequent training of freshwater seals isn’t going to be cheap, easy, efficient or quick.

By: Atticus

Atticus — Fri, 04 May 2007 11:12:43 +0000

I like Richards idea. That shows great imagination and could open new doors to proving if these lake cryptids do exist or not.

By: Tobar

Tobar — Fri, 04 May 2007 09:35:11 +0000

Aren’t we biological organisms? We don’t seem to have much luck.

By: Richard888

Richard888 — Fri, 04 May 2007 05:02:23 +0000

Recently I had this idea about how lake cryptids can at last be photographed using the same techniques they use to evade detection. Although the idea may not be implementable and may raise ethical issues I’ll say it anyway. We all know how the US Navy used/uses trained pilot whales to conduct undersea operations, right? Can dolphins survive in fresh water? If not there are fresh water seals like the ones in Lake Baikal and the Caspian Sea. A few of either species can be introduced in hotspots of lake cryptids like Loch Ness, Lake Okanagan, Lake Champlain with small video cameras attached to their foreheads constantly transmitting data so that what they see we see. Because they are biological organisms either they will attract or will be attracted to the lake cryptids. This might be our best chance of capturing these elusive creatures on camera.