Fishy!

Nope, scaly ! :3

wow... oO

crytozoology encounters... that kind of scenario has always allured me -- and creeped me out. Oo the ocean and what little we know about it, mew...

great picture, even if it makes my hair stands on end, a little... ^^;

Thaaaaankies Mav ^^ ^^ ^^ Glad to hear you like this kind of subject too...
Anyway, for some reasons I feel this particular encouter peaceful, despite the fact the thing is clearly carnivorous. No will to make the boat capsize, just some curiosity about it... And the thing goes away the most naturally possible.

loch ness xD

Not the same species but the two of them certainly organize some nice parties around ^^ ^^

they are a gay couple >:

Didn't ask them... Not very easy to determinate at first sight the sex of a marine reptile !! XD XD

But is is magical?

In no way - apart if you are talking about a "magical moment" to witness something very few, if any other person experienced... ;3

Oshi- a Lipleurodon!! D: D:

Always bring a biologist with you when deep sea fishing * nodnod * You never know when you'll be eaten by something, and it'll be nice to know what it is!

P.S. Was I right about what it was drawn as? Or at least, some kind of Pliosaur? Even though I'm studying zoology, I'm such a geek for dinosaurs.

You are right about the pliosaur thing (a mosasaur would have been longer, and I don't even talk about the shapes of a plesiosaur), and it indeed looks VERY much like a Liopleurodon - but apart if it comes from a time gate, I doubt it's still THIS creature, but rather a descendant or cousin that would have keep or take almost the same shape.
Excellent answer anyway ^^ ^^

*would have kept or taken*
oopsie ^^''

I dunno... Crocodiles look more or less the same as they did a hundred million years ago, so why can't this guy. :D

I thought about that example of course, but "modern" crocodiles (let's say, since the extinction of dinosaurs) never really had competition where they lived, so they didn't have to evolve much - which is not the case of an animal that would live in open sea !

True, but then... what animal could really compete with a Lipleurodon? o.O They were probably driven to extinction by climate change, rather than competition. :D

Are you forgetting Megalodon?

Sorry, what 'modern' animal; assuming that this guy survived to be floating around beneath their boat. ^^

Well, it may be extinct for you. But Megalodon will always be alive in my heart!

Ha ha, of course ^^
Now, in cryptozoology, there are still strange facts implying a few may still survive... After all, they were still alive when homo erectus was wandering through the savanahs...

Well, as I said, megalodons were when they existed as they are recent creatures, all the other modern big sharks are also (concurent does not necessarily mean pred/prey relationships, just efficiency in hunting), plus all the carnivorous cetaceans - orcs, sperm whales, dolphins which are very fast and organized, even the big predatory fish like swordfishes and tunas can be.

I want to see a boat being attacked by a monster tuna! :D

JAWS! - THE DOLPHIN FRIENDLY REVENGE!

You know that they can reach length more than 4 meters (13ft) ?! Well, that's what they could a dozen years ago, but not anymore, thanks to us. In three years they should be extinct anyway.

Thats what happens when technology > nature. :s Still, in the grand scheme of things we're just a pimple on the ass of creation. Chances are that life will persist long after the human race is gone, and weirdly its that knowledge that makes my outlook on life so positive. I know that this isn't the end. :3

Also, bet your hoping for technology to advance just a little bit further so they can start to build mecha type stuff. :D

Good and bad example - see my answer to Jeeves

Oh, at that time, there were PLENTY of concurrents - Tha Pig just gave a good and bad example at the same time (good because sharks were great concurents, but Megalodons didn't exist at that time, bad because Megalodons are VERY recent creatures, far after the extinction of dinosaurs and aquatic reptiles), but there were also mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, ichtyosaurs.......

Whoa, cool. I always find this kind of stuff interesting.

^^ ^^

You were wise not to outline the sauropod.
It keeps the level of mystery and vague menace that one always feels when encountered by that mysterious something that is larger than oneself.

Errr... Not a sauropod anyway (apart a possible evolution, who knows ?), I never heard of a dinosaur becoming an aquatic animal ^^''

Correction noted.
But refraining from outlining was still a good idea.
So there.

I think you misunderstood : I DID outline as you can see in full size, and that kills a certain kind of realism in that pic... T_T

Never mind. I shouldn't be posting comments at all today. I'm not in the best of shape. Just ignore me for a bit until I'm coherent again.

Ha ha ha, OK ^^

That's because they do it in silence.

XD XD

"Guys....we're gonna need a bigger boat."

I'm not sure they really want to confront to that ;D

charly it is the almighty Lyroplyrodon! He will tell us the way we must travel!

Mmmh, I don't like the look of the place it leads to....

wooo jooo big big jjejej

Yessssss ^^ ^^

That is why I prefer to stay on land.

XD XD

"Crévindiou ! J'ai po pris le bon hameçon !!" XD

C'est clair, par contre t'as déjà les deux juteux asticots à mettre au bout XD XD

I remember a BBC documentary being like that.

Yup, I didn't see them but I know they did many of quite great quality...

You should check it out, its a crossover. Scientist try to find the most dangerous ocean in various time periods.
And they research themselves.

Means, their research boat is attacked by animated dinosaurs for example. Its so awesome. XD

*Bump*

Hang on to the rail !!!!

Hopefully, this sorta thing is just being inquisitive.

the funny thing is that that isn't anywhere near as big as, say, a blue whale.
of course, a blue whale's heart is the size of a small car, its tongue weighs as much as an elephant, its arteries could hold a full-sized human, and its nostrils could hold a human head.

Yep, few people know that we actually got the biggest animal ever living on Earth (at least, discovered)...

ooooh! Pretty!

Liopleurodon?

My, I am surprised so many people recognize my model !!! o.0
For further explanations, have a look at my answer to Jeevestheroo above :3 :3

"Should have seen the one that got away...!"

hahahaa!! that's from candy mountain! XD!!

That's a really nice looking scene there. Eerie and mysterious.

Thaaaank you, glad you feel it ^^ ^^

Mega lovely relaxing sweet work Greatly done work! ^v^

Thaaaaaaaaaaaaank you my friend ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

Yuor so very welcome my friend! ^v^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^

caption "ummm we're gunna need a bigger boat."

Bigger or... faster ? ;P

both think battleship size

Ooh Dinosaur!

Not really, aquatic reptile. Contrary to what most believe, NO dinosaur ever went aquatic or aerial (if you except birds) ! Those aquatic are closer to your garden lizard than to any dinosaur !!!

Liopleurodon!

More or less ^.^ (look at the answer I made Jeevestheroo)

Haha...remember that one, my bro!! It's very good colored and nicely done!

Thaaaank you my bro ^^ ^^ ^^

I like this concept a lot ^^ very nice work with the underwater effects!

I've discovered they are incredibly easy to make.... It's not great art but I am very satisfied of the result already ^^ ^^

You need to look for the show Lost Tapes on Animal Planet. Look for the episode Monster of Montery. Realy realy similar situation.

Mmmmmh, not sure we got that in France alas......

Don't see why the [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liopleurodon]Liopleurodon[/u] had to be alive for this scene.

Back in 1977 this baffling carcass turned up. And these fish are still around, despite all environmental efforts to the contrary...

though I never said it was a Liopleurodon personnally, it's true that I was inspired by its generic shape. As for the baffling carcass, it was just a small whale in decomposition, but people still want to see something else in that though it's pretty obvious and doesn't need to have a fantastic explanation (and I tell you that while I am the first to want to believe - I am even subscribing to a cryptozoology mailing list ! But not a fantasy one...). That's understandable of course, we are always attracted by mystery. Of course, sometimes the mystery is real as you gave the example of the Coelacanth.

There are stranger things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in anyone's wildest acid trip.

(Pardon my BADLY misquoting Shakespeare... Hamlet, act I scene V. )

Ha ha, there is something quite true in this ^^ ^^

Vraiment ?

Oui

Mon vieux ... tu es vraiment chanceux d'avoir été témoin de cela ... et tu me replis d'espoir que finalement
il existe toujours sur notre planète des chose a découvrir ... être capable de voir et toucher une parcelle de fantastique

Houlà, ah non, je ne pensais pas que tu parlais de ça... C'est juste un dessin sorti de mon imagination ! Ca aurait été trop beau, ha ha.........

Mais s'il y a une chose que je peux te dire, c'est que oui, il y a encore BEAUCOUP de choses à découvrir sur notre Terre, et même des choses de grande taille, pas que des insectes... D'ailleurs, ça arrive tout le temps, mais il est rare qu'on en parle parce que parfois ce n'est pas assez spectaculaire (Monsieur tout-le-monde se fout de la découverte d'une nouvelle espèce d'antilope qui a les pieds noirs), ou que la survie de la chose est si critique qu'il vaut mieux cacher ça le temps de l'étudier pour éviter toutes sortes de braconnages.......