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Walking with myths
Topic Started: Oct 3 2013, 08:35 PM (281 Views)
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Living Fossils: Dinosaur Descendants in Africa.
In a river in the Rainforest of the Democratic Republic of Congo a large creature is slowly wading through; it's the Mokele mbembe, a gray-brown sauropod descendant a bit bigger than an elephant. They live a solitary life, only coming together when it's mating time. When the Mokele-Mbembe is almost out of the water, some other creatures come up to the surface of the water. The Mokele-Mbembe moves agressively with it's neck, but when it sees that these creatures aren't a threat, it goes away. These creatures are Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu, a stegosaur, probably a descendant of the kentrosaurus. It has adapted to a hippo-like aquatic lifestyle; it has two small blowhole-like nostrils on the top of its head, and his "plates" are covered with green algal growth that supply some oxygen to its blood; this all allows him to stay underwater for a longer time. At the waterside another creature appears, it is a gray ceratopsion. The so-called Emela-ntouka has lost its frill, and has a long, heavy tail. It also has one long horn on its snout, which led people to believe it was another species of rhinoceros. The peace at the river is disturbed when a Nguma-monene comes running in; this spinosaur has exchanged it's ridge for a few stegosaur-like plates. While the Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu make grunting noises and dive underwater, the Emela-ntouka runs away in fear. The Nguma-monene runs directly at the Mokele-mbembe, which is moving agressively with its neck. But unfortunately the spinosaur isn't intimidated and it bites in the neck of the Mokele-Mbembe, killing it.

Also outside of the Democratic Republic of Congo live these dinosaur descendents. In Cameroon Ngoubou grazes on the savannah; the ngoubou is a ox-sized ceratopsian, mostly resembling a Styracosaurus (although it inhabited North America) with one horn on its snout and six on the frill. It is many times seen fighting elephants, ramming it from the side with its horn. In Angola a black pterosaur soars over a riving, it dives and catches fish. This creature is the Kongamato, a large, piscivorous rhamphorhynchus. And Kenya the Muhuru, an ankylosaur descended that evolved lighter armor and a double-clubbed tail, lives.
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I might turn this into a full project, not only these stories.
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I'm loving these. Seeing this as a full fledged project would be epic.
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A full fledged project it is then :D
Edited by Olympianmaster, Oct 6 2013, 05:06 PM.
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But where should I put it? Alternate evolution?
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Alternate Evo sounds good
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