Mokele-mbembe
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Mokele-mbembe is a mythical creature often described as a dinosaur, often a sauropod, which is claimed by some people to live in Lake Tele near the Congo river in Africa. There is no scientific evidence for the existence of this creature. The example of Mokele-mbembe is sometimes used by creationists to justify their belief that dinosaurs and humans coexisted.
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[edit] Problems
- Non-avialan[wp] dinosaurs have been extinct for 65 million years
- While there is evidence that sauropods lived in wet and coastal habitats and were quite buoyant, they would have been extremely poor swimmers.[1] Mokele-mbembe is described as preferring river beds and deep waters.
- Mokele-mbembe is described as having a three-toed foot.[2] Sauropods had five digits.
[edit] See also
- Loch Ness Monster
- Richard Kent, a Christian apologist who thinks that the Mokele-mbembe is real, alive and kicking evidence against evolution, and that dinosaurs were dragons whose small nostrils made them breath fire(!)
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[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Tipsy punters: sauropod dinosaur pneumaticity, buoyancy and aquatic habits From the Proceedings of the Royal Society]
- ↑ Skeptic's Dictionary - Mokele-mbembe