• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
First Newspaper

First Newspaper

Daily News From Everywhere

  • International
  • Entertainment
  • Animals
  • Technology
  • Football
  • Cricket

Scientists will use DNA technology in the search quest of Loch Ness monster

May 28, 2018 by Khadija Khurram

The Otago University professor and the project leader, Neil Gemmell, doubts about the existence of Loch Ness monster. The evolutionary genetic-study professor is now going to use the legend of Loch Ness to actually attract the attention of people to the biodiversity of the lake. Even they will let the whole world know if they somehow find the genetic sequence of this immortal monster previously not known to science.

Earlier this year, Neil told in a video that “You can’t help but wonder, when so many swear black and blue that they saw these things, that there might be a biological basis for them,” and added, “It really does resonate with people of all cultures all around the world. I honestly don’t know why.”

The legend first came into notice through a 2000-year old carving of a strange image of the flippered beast in a nature artwork by a northern Scottish tribe. And according to PBS, Saint Columba claimed to have witnessed the Loch Ness during the sixth century. It was nearly attacking a swimmer when the Saint raised his hand and the monster retreated in God’s name.

After the opening of the new road at the shore of the lake in the 1930s, the legend eventually became quite a sensation for the whole world. The natives started to report a massive creature living in the lake. And, the London Daily Mail soon started a hunt to locate the monster. In 1934, they published the iconic photo of the Loch Ness with its great giraffe-like neck rising from the lake’s water. And in this context, Reuters stated: “It was revealed 60 years later to have been a hoax that used a sea monster model attached to a toy submarine.”

In a BBC funded 2003 project, scientists searched the entire length of the Lake with Sonar but found nothing suspicious. Then in 2016, an expedition team found a 30-foot movie prop of the Loch Ness monster sunk to the bottom of the lake in 1969. But, the new study will not just be the hunt but also be the “well established tool for monitoring marine life,” according to Reuters.

The project will collect the water samples of the lake at various depths to actually get the DNA fragment of all the species living there. They will then collect the samples from other two nearby lakes and will analyze the DNA to finally understand what could have been living there in the lake.

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: Neil Gemmell, Otago University

Primary Sidebar

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United doesn’t have any psychological problem

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United doesn’t have any psychological problem

Antonio Cassano believes Paulo Dybala can’t handle pressure in the Juventus squad

Antonio Cassano believes Paulo Dybala can’t handle pressure in the Juventus squad

Jurgen Klopp is still not sure that Liverpool will sign any center-back

Jurgen Klopp is still not sure that Liverpool will sign any center-back for the current season

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Paul Pogba is getting better with time

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Paul Pogba is getting better with time in Manchester United

Cristiano Ronaldo says age doesn’t matter as he wants to play in the top leagues for many years

Cristiano Ronaldo says age doesn’t matter as he wants to play in the top leagues for many years

Ronald Koeman believes Lionel Messi needs a bit rest from his Barcelona duty

Ronald Koeman believes Lionel Messi needs a bit rest from his Barcelona duty

Jurgen Klopp believes James Milner is the Number 1 penalty taker for Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp believes James Milner is the Number 1 penalty taker for Liverpool

Carles Puyol believes Lionel Messi has many more years left

Carles Puyol believes Lionel Messi has many more years left in the highest level of football

Andrea Pirlo blamed the attitude of his players after Juventus suffered a 0-3 defeat against Fiorentina

Andrea Pirlo blamed the attitude of his players after Juventus suffered a 0-3 defeat against Fiorentina

Former Egyptian footballer Mohamed Aboutrika believes Mohamed Salah is unhappy at Liverpool

Former Egyptian footballer Mohamed Aboutrika believes Mohamed Salah is unhappy at Liverpool

Copyright © 2021 · The First Newspaper