Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "Fossils in Classical Antiquity - what exactly was "The Monster of Troy"?" video.

  1. There was at least one fossil found before the official discovery of dinosaurs. It was the broken off chunk of an upper thigh and its owner called it the latin term for testicles and used it as a paperweight
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  2. The theory is a Corinthian saw a fossil and assumed it was the same type of monster from the myth
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  3. How?
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  4. You would be surprised how many academics don't just think the monsters of early antiquity were not based on fossils of animals, but the actual living thing.
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  5.  @delphinazizumbo8674  this isn't Moby Dick
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  6. With paleotology it's rare because we know very little and there's no gap between amateurs and professionals
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