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Mokele-mbembe：The Living Dinosaur!
In the jungles of central African countries－Congo(刚果), Cameroon(喀麦隆), and Gabon(加蓬)are the reports of an animal with a long neck, a long tail, and rounded shape tracks(脚印)with three claws．The closest known animal that has these characteristics is a sauropod dinosaur(蜥脚类恐龙)．
When some of the local people of the Likouala region would draw in the dirt or sand a representation of Mokele-mbembe they drew the shape of a sauropod dinosaur．Then when they were shown a picture of a sauropod dinosaur they said that picture is Mokele-mbembe．
Mokele-mbembe means “One that stops the flow of rivers．”French priest(牧师)in the region called it “monstrous animal”．
Description
Body
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(河马)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 are also reports of a frill on the back of the head．The frill is like the comb found on a cock(male chicken)．There are also reports of it having a horn on its head．
Skin
The color of the skin is predominantly reddish-brown with a color range from gray to brown．There are no reports of hair on the animal．
Tracks
Rounded shape between 30 to 90 centimeters(1 to 3 feet)in diameter with three claws．The distance between tracks is about 2.1 to 2.4 meters(7 to 8 feet)．
Habitat
Mokele- mbembe lives in the pools and swamps near to the rivers of the Likouala swamp region of the People’s Republic of the Congo on the continent of Africa．It uses the lakes as a crossing path to go from one river to another．
Behavior
Mokele-mbembe lives most of the time underwater except when it eats or travels to another part of the swamp．
It has been reported that Mokele-mbembe does not like hippopotamuses and will kill them at first sight, but it does not eat them．Hippopotamuses cannot be found where Mokele-mbembe lives．
It has 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．
