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Searching for the Loch Ness Monster
Episode 190911 / 11 Sep 2019

The story…
Searching for the Loch Ness Monster
Learn language related to…
the unexplained
Need-to-know language
mystery – something which is unknown, unexplained or not understood
definitive explanation – certain and accurate information that tells us why something is
plausible – possible, reasonable or likely to be true
unconvinced – not sure or not persuaded that something is true
unidentified – not recognised, known or named
Answer this…
What kinds of environmental DNA are scientists collecting from the loch?
Transcript
It's a mystery which endures. Just what exactly lies beneath the murky waters of Loch Ness?
The sightings of Nessie stretch back hundreds of years - but as yet, no definitive explanation has been found. A team of scientists, led by New Zealand's Otago University, has been testing water samples and collecting environmental DNA from all forms of life in the loch, including plants, insects, fish and mammals.
Professor Eric Verspoor, University of the Highlands and Islands
You basically take a litre or two of water and you filter it out, and in the stuff that's filtered out will be DNA. And using that DNA, you can then sequence it. And on the basis of the sequence, identify the types of organisms that are present in the water.
The world's media gathered at the loch side to hear exactly what they found.
Professor Neil Gemmell, University of Otago
This idea of a giant, extinct reptile… Well, we didn't find any reptilian DNA, so we don't think that seems very plausible based on the samples and the analysis that we've undertaken. And we also went looking for another idea, which is a giant eel. Well, we don't know if the eels are giant or not but we certainly found an awful lot of eel DNA. I guess, much more than I expected.
But one long-time Nessie hunter is unconvinced by today's news.
Steve Feltham, Nessie hunter
Eels in Loch Ness? Personally, I think a 12-year-old boy could tell you that. There could be some massive eels in there - that could be the explanation. But to say 'we have found evidence of eels' is like saying 'we've found evidence of fish in a Scottish loch'. Well done!
The sense of mystery here at the loch, though, remains. More than 20% of the DNA found was unidentified - meaning the search for Nessie goes on.
Did you get it?
What kinds of environmental DNA are scientists collecting from the loch?
Scientists are collecting DNA from all forms of life, including plants, insects, fish and mammals.
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Learn today's words and phrases: ceasefire, ringleader, allegations
2 December 2015
Episode 151202 / 02 Dec 2015
Learn today's words and phrases: extremists, raids, pledged
25 November 2015
Episode 151125 / 25 Nov 2015
Learn today's words and phrases: striving, offset, revolutionary advances, ambassadors
18 November 2015
Episode 151118 / 18 Nov 2015
Learn today's words and phrases: on the run, legacy of, inevitable anxiety, symptomatic of, caused by
11 November 2015
Episode 151111 / 11 Nov 2015
Learn today's words and phrases: stem the flow, deteriorating, retaliatory steps, star lot
4 November 2015
Episode 151104 / 04 Nov 2015
Learn today's words and phrases: investigated, to secure, artisans, donations
28 October 2015
Episode 151028 / 28 Oct 2015
Learn today's words and phrases: vast army, cutting edge, vaping, kick the habit
21 October 2015
Episode 151021 / 21 Oct 2015
Learn today's words and phrases: displaced, launched offensives, defining moment, controversy
14 October 2015
Episode 151014 / 14 Oct 2015
Today's Headlines: Israel responds to Jerusalem attacks, Wolf war in French Alps, Man Booker winner announced
7 October 2015
Episode 151007 / 07 Oct 2015
Today's Headlines: EU to catch smugglers' boats, Iraqi girls tell their stories on stage, Toddler's miracle operation
30 September 2015
Episode 150930 / 30 Sep 2015
Today's Headlines: Dengue fever outbreak in Delhi, Drugs raid in the Caribbean Sea, UK starts womb transplants
23 September 2015
Episode 150923 / 23 Sep 2015
Today's Headlines: US investigates Volkswagen, Europe's migrant plan, The art of Pele
16 September 2015
Episode 150916 / 16 Sep 2015
Today's Headlines: Border closes for migrants, Wildfires in California, Crisis for world's oceans
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