Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Marine Giants That Roamed The Salish Sea!

"Here there be monsters" isn't a phrase typically applied to the Salish Sea. Did you know, though, that millions of years ago an eight foot long salmon with 2 inch long spiked teeth jutting out of it once called these waters home? It is called the spiked-toothed salmon (Oncorhynchus rastrosus). How about our own local version of the Loch Ness monster -a 40-foot-long Plesiosaur species (Traskasaura sandrae)? Today's episode features a riveting discussion with Dr. Brian Sidlauskas, Professor, and Curator of the Royal D. Suttkus Fish Collection, at Tulane University, and Dr. F. Robin O’Keefe, Professor in the Department of Biological Science at Marshall University, about prehistoric marine animals that once roamed the waters that would become the Salish Sea. We're digging deep into the world of fossils to uncover the truth!