While all those who are not lazy have been searching for evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the monster in Loch Ness Lake for more than a century, English scientists have been counting lions in Africa.
Mythical ancient animal, the evidence of which has not been found yet, if there is one, it will live for several centuries, but the lions in Africa are already in trouble. And if the situation does not change, the lions may soon become as mythical as the Loch Ness monster. And mankind will see lions only in zoos, circuses and pictures. Do you not believe in such a sad prospect? I'll tell you more about what the scientists from Oxford managed to find out. And more specifically, his wildlife conservation department.
The lions in the African savannah are in trouble
According to the calculations of the gentlemen who undertook to count the lion's heads, the number of the king is only 22 509. This is despite the fact that before there were much more of them.
Scientists have worked in African countries such as Malawi, Angola, Rwanda, Nigeria, Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia. The lions were counted, who live in places where people have not been developed.
Where the lions are left the least
The least number of lions remained in the first four above-mentioned countries. Accordingly, 5, 25, 22, 30. It is necessary to suppose that these countries have their own Red Data Books and lions are already listed there.
The number of king of animals in other countries is more than a thousand. In Tanzania they are most of all 8176 animals. IN SOUTH AFRICA 2070. In the rest of the above countries - more than 1000, but less than 2000. There are only 1095 in Zambia at all.
Scientists believe that lions in African countries have disappeared from 95 percent of their historical range of permanent habitat.
Sadly. I feel sorry for the lions. And you?
What do you need to preserve lions?
English scientists believe that in order to preserve and restore the lion population, it is necessary to create as many specially protected areas as possible in African countries. They estimate that only 14 per cent of lions now live in unprotected areas.
Will the money be available for this
Reading on the Internet about poverty in African countries, I, for example, doubt that there will be money there to establish such protected areas. So the trend is that lions will soon disappear from the planet. We will have to look for them in the African savannah in the same way as the beast in Loch Ness Lake. Even at the genetic level. Or grow out of cells. Why? Gene science has gone far since Dolly's sheep was cloned. And you can't argue with genes. They have an iron logic...
There is no monster DNA in Loch Ness DNA
After a study by the New Zealand geneticist Neil Gemler, we can say for sure that there is no monster in Loch Ness Lake. Unfortunately, there is no monster in Lake Loch Ness. I believed in this fairy tale. The author of the study is a scientist from the University of Otago.
Last year, he decided to study all the DNA that would be found in the waters of the famous lake to map the biodiversity of a mysterious reservoir.
250 water samples
In the course of the study, biologists took more than 250 water samples from different parts of the lake. So they studied them for the presence of various DNA. Now it is possible. After all, any animal, and man, too, leaves a genetic mark in its habitat. This is a particle of scales in animals, skin, the results of their life.
500 million gene sequences
Genetics as a result of water tests received 500 million sequences of genes. After that, we thoroughly analyzed it. Again, with the help of a computer, this was possible. And compared the results with the DNA databases, which are already available to humans.
Well, it was not among the genes identified by scientists as a result of the study of water samples of Lake Loch Ness, DNA, previously unknown scientist. That is, a giant animal that we believed in for so long.
The monster was thought to be an eel
The researchers assumed that the eel could be mistaken for the Loch Ness miracle. Eel in this lake can reach almost two meters in length. Again, there is no evidence of this either.
It seems to me that the Scottish people, where the lake is located, will not believe in genetics anyway. Well, there's something to attract tourists to!
I want to believe in fairy tales
I want to believe in fairy tales. But most likely, the existence of a prehistoric monster in Loch Ness Lake is nothing more than a fairy tale. No material evidence of his stay has ever been provided. Neither the corpse of the animal was found, nor the results of its life. The history of Nessie dates as far back as the sixth century. So the relict Plesiosaur, who allegedly lives in Loch Ness, as supporters of his existence, alas, only a myth. And we cannot disagree with that. It is not possible to argue with genetics.