Mon, 19 Jan 98:
With the assistance of "our friend," the following information is offered on the Loch Ness Monsters.
Category: Prehistoric
Existence: 500,000 years
Cold/Warm Bloodied: Cold Bloodied
Number now living: 47
Present number of Males: 28
Present number of females: 19
Average length of male: 127 feet
Average length of female: 103 feet
Average weight of male: 2,800 pounds
Average weight of female: 2,100 pounds
Average life span: 38,000 years
Female reproductive: Starts around 600 years old - Gestation period is 175 years - females still producing "single live birth"
Habitat: They are "loners" and live in underwater caves (where found) or on the bottom
Eating habit: Eat marine animals/fish and vegetation "every 5 years," then goes into a "state of hybernation"
Period of hybernation or Sleep cycle: 5 years - most are sleeping and few are awake and eating, at the same time - this allows for ample replenishment of marine animals/fish and vegetation
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