Ep 68 - Lake Baikal - Aliens, Seals, and a Deep Water Dragon

In this episode, Rowan dives into the science and mythology of the world’s deepest (and possibly scariest) lake. We're not saying there's a dragon at the bottom, but we're not, not saying it.

Sources

@Geodesaurus on Tik Tok

https://www.tiktok.com/@geodesaurus/video/6866240680658816262?lang=en

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comephorus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_King

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon

Forbes

https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/06/24/the-incredible-science-of-lake-baikal-the-worlds-largest-oldest-lake/?sh=25e9ac62641b

The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/05/lake-baikal-ice-formations-photos/590374/

Visual Capitalist

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/dive-oceans-lakes-drill-holes/

The History of Yesterday

https://historyofyesterday.com/the-secrets-at-the-bottom-of-the-deepest-lake-in-the-world-eb6a1333f95f

Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/lake-baikal-and-more-of-the-weirdest-lakes-of-the-world-15341548/

CBC News

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/siberia-lake-baikal-russia-ice

Lake Baikal.org

https://www.lakebaikal.org/baikal-legends/

New York Minute Mag

https://www.newyorkminutemag.com/chase-monsters-and-ufos-on-lake-baikal/

Sources to Use

Key to Baikal

https://1baikal.ru/en/priroda/baikal-shark-amazing-facts-about-baikal-oilfish-golomyanka

https://1baikal.ru/en/istoriya/vodnyy-drakon-chudovische-so-dna-baykala

https://1baikal.ru/en/istoriya/horror-stories-of-lake-baikal-the-lake-of-the-northern-dragon

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comephorus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_King

DW News

https://www.dw.com/en/lake-baikal-is-holy-to-the-buryats/a-19553429

Lake Baikal

https://www.lakebaikal.org/baikal-legends/

Demonic Paradise Wiki

https://the-demonic-paradise.fandom.com/wiki/Dragon_Kings_of_the_Four_Seas

Wellesley

https://www.wellesley.edu/news/2014/03/node/42933

Animal Diversity Web

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pusa_sibirica/

NASA Earth Observatory

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/146220/baikals-giant-ice-rings

What If

https://whatifshow.com/what-if-underwater-aliens-are-hiding-in-the-worlds-deepest-lake/

SciShow

https://nerdfighteria.info/v/AjJUFyd4Cac/