The Associated Press is reporting that the fossil bones of a baby plesiosaur have been found on an Antarctic island. That is a good find, but the papers won’t be stopping there. Be prepared.

Of course, although there is no known relationship at all, except in the culture of the media, the following reference point is being thrown into the stories:

In life, 70 million years ago, the five-foot-long animal would have resembled Nessie, the long-necked creature reported to inhabit Scotland’s Loch Ness.

Hate to mention it but (1) we don’t know if any Nessies exist at all, so how could such a statement be made, and (2) the eyewitnesses to the cryptid Nessies generally describe animate objects looking more like overturned boats, small whales, or walruses than long-necked plesiosaurs. Ah, details.

For the rest of the article, see Baby Plesiosaur Bones Found in Antarctic.