Re: LOCH-NESS MONSTER

[ST-grock@artemis.earth.monash.edu.au (Darren R. Grocke)]

steve.cole@genie.com wrote:

>LOCH NESS MONSTER (666): The most current plausible theory is that Nessie >is
>in fact an Eel that never hit puberty. Eels grow (by eating fish) until
>puberty, then switch over to reproduction and stop growing. If you have
>an eel now and then that never hits puberty, it just keeps growing until
>it gets old and dies.

What phenomenon would could such an event that the eel would never reach
puberty?  It must be a depressing lifestyle I must say    :-|

Cheers,
Darren Grocke