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Living Dinosaurs?
Most scientists now believe that birds evolved from dinosaurs. If this
is correct then birds are in fact an evolved type of dinosaur
(See dinosaur family tree).
Taxonomy is the science of classifying living things. Taxonomists are still
discussing whether birds ought to be classified in a single group ("class")
together with the other dinosaurs, or ought to be classified separately.
Part of the confusion arises because of historical usage of the words.
When people say or write "dinosaur", they nearly always mean
"non-avian dinosaur" (all dinosaurs except birds).
The "dinosauria" is sometimes used to refer to a combined class
of both the birds and the non-avian dinosaurs.
Cryptozoology
Cryptozoology is the search for rumored or mythical animals, whose actual
existence is uncertain.
One such animal, is Mokele-Mbembe, a creature that is rumored to live in
the jungles of central Africa.
Mokele-Mbembe has been described as being similar to an
Apatosaurus or other
sauropod dinosaur.
While it would be wonderful if a Mokele-Mbembe was found, and it did turn
out to be a dinosaur, there are reasons to be skeptical about its existence.
No clear photographs or video have ever been taken
of the creature, despite several expeditions to hunt for the creature.
Books about Mokele-Mbembe
By Redmond O'Hanlon
Vintage
Released: 1998-06-30
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There are similarities between Redmond O'Hanlon's magnificent Into The Heart of Borneo and No Mercy. In both, O'Hanlon's keen naturalist eye notes the details (tiny scarlet flowers probed hummingbird-like by purple-red hawkmoths), his wit (usually at his own expense) remains funny, and his travel companions quite human and often endearing. He's off on another jungle trek, this time seeking Mokele-mbembe, the alleged Congo sauropod. But No Mercy goes deeper and darker; fear and anger intrude on the levity, rationalistic thought yields to palpable fetishistic fright the deeper in they go, and O'Hanlon emerges a changed, more compassionate man. |
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By Chad Arment
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By Alfred Aloysius (Trader) Horn
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Trader Horn spent a his youth as an ivory trader in Central Africa. This is the true story of his life. Thrills, adventure and danger everywhere.
He writes about his journeys into jungles teaming with buffalo, gorillas, man-eating leopards, serpents and savages. Along the way, he frees slaves, meets Cecil Rhodes (founder of Rhodesia) and liberates a princess from captivity.
This books also has one of the earliest descriptions of "Mokele-mbembe"--a large mythical (so far) creature reported to live in the lakes and swamps of the Congo River basin.
This book isn't about this creature, but it does have a brief passage of Horn describing tales told to him by natives and explorers about a fearsome creature given two different names: "jago-nini" and "amali."
This is a well-written book of true adventure in 19th century Africa!
NOTE: This edition has a linked "Table of Contents" and has been beautifully formatted (searchable and interlinked) to work on your Amazon e-book reader. |
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By Roy P. MacKal
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By Rory Nugent
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By Herman A Regusters
California Institute of Technology
Unknown Binding (27 pages)
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Brill Academic Publishers
Hardcover
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