Mahamba

Mahamba
Grouping Local legend
Sub grouping lake monster
Country Republic of Congo
Region Lake Likouala
Habitat Water

Mahamba is a giant (up to 15 m (50 ft)) crocodile claimed to exist in the Republic of the Congo, around the Lake Likouala swamp region.[1] Cryptozoologist Roy Mackal suggested that it is a relic population of Deinosuchus, a giant Cretaceous crocodilian. Others have suggested that it is a freshwater relic of the mosasaurs; huge, sea-dwelling lizards which were presumed extinct by the end of the Cretaceous period.[2]

The Bobangi aboriginals have proclaimed this animal to be unlike any other they have seen, and have only compared it to other creatures, such as a Nkoli (the Bobangi word for crocodile) or the legendary Nguma-monene for the sake of comparison. It is also reported to attack and devour rafts and canoes.

References

  1. ↑ MacKal, Roy P. (1987). "21: Mahamba: A Giant Crocodile". A Living Dinosaur?: In Search of Mokele-Mbembe. Brill Archive. pp. 273–282. ISBN 90-04-08543-2.
  2. ↑ Newton, Michael (2009). Hidden Animals: A Field Guide to Batsquatch, Chupacabra, and Other Elusive Creatures. ABC-CLIO. pp. 15–16. ISBN 978-0-313-35906-4.

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