T. Rex of the ocean

Subscribing to the National Geographic RSS was one of the smartest decisions I’ve made thus far in 2008. Today’s article is about a fossil of the newly discovered giant “sea monster,” the Plesiosaur. First found in 2006, the fossil discovery shows a creature “longer than a humpback whale” with “teeth the size of cucumbers.”

Calling the latest find “the T. rex of the ocean,” Hurum said it “would have eaten other marine reptiles and maybe some of the huge bony fishes that were around at that time.”

UPDATE: National Geographic has added photos of the dig location and an artist’s rendering of a Plesiosaur.