But it would be interesting to see the results, even though they wouldn't have any DNA from any distinct "Monster" on file I'd think.

A nationally known marine artist and researcher said it best years ago that if there were any unkown marine life in the Loch "It would be seen regularly swimming on the surface and feeding and being a part of the environment every day"

Just like every other air breathing animal in the Seas, think about that for a moment, if it was in the Loch everybody would see it, all the time.

And as for DNA?, I would think the DNA of thousands of people are already in those waters due to people living around the loch along with numerous aquatic creatures.

Good luck.

about microorganisms, pollutants, and so on.

The study is interesting enough even if that's all they get.

Of course, if it were found, it would be killed by a poacher in a matter of days.

I’m not a believer, though. Don’t think we’ll need to worry about it.

Certainly the monster in the photo exists only as a sculpture perched atop a toy submarine and then photographed.

It would be so cool if what most people suspect, that the 'monster' is a superannuated pleisiosaur cut off from the ocean when the Loch formed at the end of the last ice age, is true. But there is absolutely no evidence of it.

In fact, the only 'monster' we know of for sure to be in loch is a prop monster which sank in the loch during the filming of The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes.

Count me in. I love science.

Little boys diddling with their toys.

No scientists are in on this, I hope. Only true blue Loch Ness believers.

The funny thing is that if they find nothing, it won't make any difference. They'll be yet another expedition next year, and the next, and the next.

At least the Scottish tourist trade will get some benefit.

Scientists to Hunt for Loch Ness Monster DNA

An international group of researchers will soon collect this environmental DNA for the first time in Loch Ness. They will take around 300 samples of water from three different depths. They will then extract DNA fragments from the water, sequence the fragments and compare them to databases of animal DNA that are already known to see if there are any matches — or not.

https://www.livescience.com/62646-hunt-for-loch-ness-monster-dna.html

You should tell the scientific community they're doing it wrong.

Make sure to support your work with peer-reviewed, objective petulance. They'll most certainly allow you all the credibility you in fact, warrant.

I.E., None whatsoever.

I stand by my claim that there are very few scientists involved with this lunacy, only Loch Ness Monster true believers.

Anyway, what the fuck is DNA going to tell them? The entire thing makes no damned sense whatsoever.

The surgeon's photograph has always been a fraud. Pop culture took over from there.

There is no Loch Ness monster. Never was.

Got to remember that right-wingers think that the Loch Ness proves there is no evolution, and the Earth is thousands of years old. They think Loch Ness is real.

He better be pretty confident the "other results" can justify the expense. Every scientist knows there's no population of Loch Ness Monsters - you can't hide a viable number of large air-breathing animals in a confined space like that.