Kovoko
Kovoko, is a purported snake-like creature of belief (creature lacking in verifiable/objective existence) reported to have been seen in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique.[1][2][3][4]
Accounting Figure[edit]
David Livingstone was a Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa. Who during his stay in Mozambique, Africa mentioned this creature in his journal.
Description[edit]
Other names[edit]
Kovoko is also found to be referred as Crowing Crested Cobra, Songo, Inkhomi, Ngoshe, Hongo, Bubu.
Physical Description[edit]
The creature is believed to be living in trees, while also believed to be amphibian in nature.
Behavior[edit]
Kovoko is described to be very vicious and males are reported to create loud noise alike that of a rooster crowing. Females are reported to make clucking sound as that of a hen. Kovoko is said to be eating maggots that grows on the Rotting flesh. It is believed to be attacking humans at their head with the intention to kill.
Habitat[edit]
Kovoko is said to be found mostly in forests, hills and rocky area.
Location[edit]
The creature is reported to be found or seen at some parts of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mozambique
Quotes[edit]
"In Southern Africa so great is the dread it inspires that the Raffirs will break up a Renal and forsake the place if a Mamba takes up his quarters in the vicinity, and, from what we have seen above, with no undue caution. Susi, to whom this snake is known in the Shupanga tongue as "Bubu," describes it as about twelve feet long, dark in colour, of a dirty blue under the belly, with red markings like the wattles of a cock on the bead. The Arabs go so far as to say that it is known to oppose the passage of a caravan at times. Twisting its tail round a branch, it will strike one man after another in the head with fatal certainty." Page No. 344 The Last Journals of David Livingstone Vol II
”. in the Journals of Livingstone's Last Travels, Vol. II, pages 243 - 244; and, so far as it goes, similar information might be obtained, from many of the African tribes of Central and Eastern Africa, to the present day. Bishop Chauncey Maples, whilst travelling near the River Rovuma, or Lujenda, in the early eighties of the last century, is said to have heard the crow—unfortunately, the reference has escaped me “ Page No. 183 African Affairs 43
“It is called Songo in Chi-yao (which means literally something which strikes downwards and pricks the head); Inkhomi: (the killer) in Chi-nkhonde and Chi-ngoni; Ngoshe in Chi-wemba; Kovoko in Ki-nyamwezi Hongo in Cbi-ngindo; and, according to Livingstone. Bubu at Shupanga on the Lower Zambesi.” Page No. 183 African Affairs 43
References[edit]
- ↑ Pitman, Charles (1934). A report on a faunal survey of Northern Rhodesia. Livingstone: Government Printer. Search this book on
- ↑ SHIRCORE, J. O. (1944). "Two Notes on the Crowing Crested Cobra". African Affairs. 43 (173).
- ↑ Waller, H (1875). THE LAST JOURNALS OF DAVID LIVINGSTONE, IN CENTRAL AFRICA. Search this book on
- ↑ Naish, Darren (November 21, 2011). "The Crowing crested cobra". Tetrapod Zoology. Scientific American.
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