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Originally Posted by Xellos-_^
The existance of the giant squid have never been question as thier corpse have been found int he stomach of sperm whales for a long time.
And both the squid and coelacanth are deep sea animals. there are probably more surprise down in the deepest part of the ocean we haven't seen yet.
finding a large unknow terrestial animal is a different matter. The large the animal, the more food it needs and the bigger the size of terrority it needs for either forging or hunting. Currently thier aren't that many places on land that humans are not there and can provide enough food to sustain a large population of large animals.
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The giant squid never had much evidence to support it because up until recently any corpses that were found were too far decomposed to make sense of. I guess "existence" might have been too strong of a word but there are cases in history like it, where corpses are discovered but are in such poor shape that identification is/was impossible. And even if you could say it was a species, it was difficult to learn anything about unusual features (odd color, shape, size, etc.).
The coelacanth is an example of this. The first documented specimen was in the 30's, the second wasn't until the 50's, and documenting them in natural habitats didn't happen until as recently as the last two decades. They've also been found recently in Indonesia and Tanzania as well.
I agree with you that as far as terrestrial species go, finding large creatures is unlikely. It's far more likely that deep sea creatures would be found before something terrestrial. But that doesn't necessarily mean something doesn't exist either. It may not be Bigfoot or some other mythical creature but you never know.
Absence of evidence doesn't mean they exist or not, but playing by odds isn't exactly science either.
