BREAKING NEWS: Loch Ness Monster Found? -Animal Planet

Satellite imagery accessed using Apple's satellite map app has Nessie fans all over the world buzzing. It appears to show a mammoth underwater monster swimming below the surface of Loch Ness.

The Official Loch Ness Monster fan club has been studying the image for about six months. Various explanations have been ruled out and hundreds if not thousands of Nessie connoisseurs around the world are
now convinced that this is definitive evidence of the Loch Ness Monster's existence.

What do you think? Is this just a case of misaken identity or could it be the real thing? Sound off in the comments!

Our own Jeremy Wade, host of River Monsters set out on a journey to unlock the mysteries of Loch Ness. Watch the video below to see what he uncovered.

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New Device Enables Scientists To Converse With Dolphins - Animal Planet

A baby Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and mother swim together in the seas near Curacao, Netherlands Antilles (Photo by Horizons/UIG via Getty Images)

Humans are one step closer to communicating with dolphins, after scientists successfully interacted with dolphins using an underwater audio device, according to news outlets.

Cetacean Hearing and Telemetry, or Chat, enables scientists to emit audio that resembles the sounds dolphins make in the water. While the microphones do not translate the dolphin sounds into human language, it allows scientists to “speak” in clicks and high-pitched whistles that can be used to teach dolphins new commands and vocabulary, according to The Independent.

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