Mokele Mbembe, meaning "one who stops the flow of rivers" in the Lingala language is legendary water-dwelling creature of the Congo River basin folklore. It`s sometimes described as a living creature, sometimes a spirit, and it`s claimed to be sauropod by some cryptozoologits.
Expeditions mounted in the hope of finding evidence of the Mokele Mbembe have failed, and according to skeptic Robert T. Carroll,"Reports of the Mokele Mbembe have been circulating for the past two hundered years, yet no one has photographed the creature or produced any physical evidence of its existence".
Expeditions mounted in the hope of finding evidence of the Mokele Mbembe have failed, and according to skeptic Robert T. Carroll,"Reports of the Mokele Mbembe have been circulating for the past two hundered years, yet no one has photographed the creature or produced any physical evidence of its existence".
Description
Mokele-mbembe has been described as an animal with a long neck and tail which are characteristics of a sauropod dinosaur.
Its body size is somewhere between the size of a hippopotamus and an elephant. Its length has been reported to be between 5 to 10 meters (16 to 32 feet). The length of the neck is between 1.6 to 3.3 meters (5 to 10 feet). The length of the tail is between 1.6 to 3.3 meters (5 to 10 feet). The reports out of Cameroon have reported Mokele-mbembe to be up to 75 feet in length.
There have also been reports of a frill on the back of the head. The frill is like the comb found on a cock (male chicken). There has also been reports of it having a horn on its head
Its body size is somewhere between the size of a hippopotamus and an elephant. Its length has been reported to be between 5 to 10 meters (16 to 32 feet). The length of the neck is between 1.6 to 3.3 meters (5 to 10 feet). The length of the tail is between 1.6 to 3.3 meters (5 to 10 feet). The reports out of Cameroon have reported Mokele-mbembe to be up to 75 feet in length.
There have also been reports of a frill on the back of the head. The frill is like the comb found on a cock (male chicken). There has also been reports of it having a horn on its head
Behavior
Mokele Mbembe lives most of the time in underwater except when it eats or travels to another part of the swamp.
It ha been reported that Mokele Mbembe doesn`t like hippopotamuses and will kil them on site, but won`t eat them.It has as been reported that Mokele-mbembe will overturn boats and kill the people from the boats by biting them and hitting them with its tail, but it does not eat the people.
It ha been reported that Mokele Mbembe doesn`t like hippopotamuses and will kil them on site, but won`t eat them.It has as been reported that Mokele-mbembe will overturn boats and kill the people from the boats by biting them and hitting them with its tail, but it does not eat the people.
Diet
The pygmies of the Likouala swamp region report that the essential diet of Mokele-mbembe consists of the Malombo plant. Since it only eats plants then Mokele-mbembe is classified as a herbivore. The Malombo plant actually describes two plants: Landolphia mannii and Landolphia owariensis