Talk:Zuiyo-maru carcass

message: No one seems to be bringing up the fact that the creature had four large fins.  I know that basking sharks have two large fins, and two very small ones in the back, is this consistent with the carcass on the Zuiyo Maru?
Gsat555 (talk) 06:23, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I would likewise be curious. I've never seen a shark, basking or otherwise, with fins that enormous. --Chr.K. 11:37, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: 'Enormous' in relation to what? Their absolute size (actual measurements) don't seem to be all that differnet from a large white shark , let alone a whale shark. But if you mean relative size to the rest of the body, then, yes, they do look unusual. However, realize that all you are seeing to measure them against is basically the cranium, rib cage and neck vertebrae. Flesh it out with whale shark proportions, and it's not so extreme. CFLeon 01:57, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

text: It's not a matter of how great it would be if there was a living plesiosaur(!) it's a matter of what is the verifiable state of the science on the issue. The overwhelming scientific consensus is the plesiosaurs have been extinct for over sixty million years, I can find you dozens of sources for that. Couple that with the fact that there is absolutely no reason at all to think this carcass is a plesiosaur, and many reasons to think it's a shark. Unchecked speculation has no place in an encyclopedia. — John.Conway (talk) 18:44, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
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message: This article was originally titled "Zuiyo Maru."  Bueller 007  moved this article to "New Nessie" on July 4, 2009 because, quoting his change comment, "Zuiyō Maru is the name of the ship. This article doesn't deal with the ship (which is of itself non-notable), it deals the supposed sea monster "New Nessie" that it caught."
While I agree that "Zuiyo Maru" is a potentially misleading title for the article, would not the title "Zuiyo Maru Carcass" have been preferable to "New Nessie"?  I recall the discovery of the news surrounding the discovery of tis carcass in 1977, have read numerous articles on the subject (on various sides of the argument, i.e. 'Basking Shark' vs. 'Plesiosaur' vs. 'Unknown'), and can't recall ever seeing anyone refer to this animal as "New Nessie."  Every source I can ever recall (although I don't have anything handy at the moment for a citation) refers to this carcass as the 'Zuiyo Maru Carcass.'  I propose the article be renamed to "Zuiyo Maru Carcass", but without an exhaustive study of sources to tally references to 'Zuiyo Maru Carcass' versus 'New Nessie', I'll refrain from doing so without discussion.  ApostleGreen (talk) 23:29, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've been bold and after a bit of research, made the change. Dougweller (talk) 08:49, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Japanese name for the creature is "New Nessie".  It's their "monster".  Their name for it needs to be in the article somewhere. Bueller 007 (talk) 20:22, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: "New Nessie"??

message: I suggest citation be made about this article:[ Sea-monster or Shark? An Analysis of a Supposed Plesiosaur Carcass Netted in 1977|http://paleo.cc/paluxy/plesios.htm]  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.32.67.68 (talk) 06:45, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Originally published in Reports of the National Center for Science Education , May/June 1997, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 16-28, an excellent source. Dougweller (talk) 08:49, 13 October 2010 (UTC)
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