Nessie Territorial Map

Despite being associated with the Loch, Nessies can actually be found throughout the North and Mediterranean Sea (some even reaching as far as Newfoundland and Cape Cod). So if you're someone who happens to live in any of these countries, the chances are pretty high that there's a Nessisjødragenasaurus (or a large group of them) chillin' on your beach right now, either sleeping, relaxing, mating or eating.

That being said though, the reason why these creatures are so closely associated with Scotland is cause the Scottish coast is where you'll find the highest concentration of them.

Despite being named after it, the relationship between Loch Ness and Nessisjødragenasaurus is even more recent than the Loch itself as Loch Ness formed only 10,000 years ago during the last ice age and the oldest evidence of Nessies inhabiting the Loch via a large network underwater cave tunnels connecting Loch Ness to the North Sea (that have yet to be fully explored by humans) doesn't show up until about 7,000 years ago.

FUN FACT: After emerging from the caves, some Nessies have been seen with what looks like weird bite marks and other injuries on various parts of their body that resembles signs of predation that weren't there previously (some not even making it out entirely).

While these have been explained away as nothing more than simple encounters with the cave walls, sharp rocks, etc; friendly fire, getting lost, and drownings, many have noted that the injuries are too distinct enough to just be accidental, leading some people to believe that somewhere within that cold, watery labyrinth of murky blackness, there's...something living in there, waiting...attacking...f e a s t I n g on these poor **** young babies and anything else that wonders in (including MAAAN!).

At this current moment, nobody quite sure knows what this creature (or what is more likely a group of currently undiscovered species) is, looks like, or that it even exists. As of right now it is simply known as, the Drake or (that's right) the Loch Ness Monster! with many in the cryptid community each having their own ideas about what it looks like.

The reason why it's a common site to see Nessie's in Loch Ness is cause that's where they like to lay their eggs since the region is largely devoid of predators aside from the highly venomous Celtic Unicorn which also happens to be their biggest op.

After hatching and pulling a reverse 'Saving Private Ryan' like their distant sea turtle relatives to escape the hungry jaws of the Scottish terror horse, juvenile Nessies will remain in the Loch for about the first year-and-a-half of their lives before leaving through the tunnels that connect the Loch to Moray Firth (though some do use both the River Ness and Caledonian Canal as they make for much safer & easier alternative migration options).

Once entering the firth, they will remain for another 2-3 weeks, avoiding predators like the Bottlenose dolphin, until they're finally large & mature enough to where they can venture out into both the North and Mediterranean Seas, where they don't have to worry about much larger ocean predators like whales and sharks as much. They're still pretty low on the food chain, but at least in their adult form they have a greater chance at defending themselves and occasionally performing a successful retaliation.