Are there dinosaurs still among us?

The question of whether dinosaurs still roam this planet crops up now and then, and I myself still wonder whether about this. Take for instance the persistant rumor of dinosaurs roaming the Congo swamp, or in the native language, they call such a creature, Mokele-mbembe.

In the Congo region, there is a vast swamp, 55,000 square miles in size (142,500 sq km), called the Likouala Swamp, supposedly the largest area of marshland jungle in the world. There have been persistant tales of large beasts roaming this jungle dating back hundreds and hundreds of years. European travellers who ventured into this region heard tales from the natives who describe a monster that resembles the brontosaurus, or some other sauropod dinosaur. Read the rest of this entry »