Mahamba
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| Grouping | Local legend |
|---|---|
| Sub grouping | lake monster |
| Country | Republic of Congo |
| Region | Lake Likouala |
| Habitat | Water |
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Mahamba is a giant (up to 15 m (50 ft)) crocodile claimed to exist in the Republic of the Congo, around the Lake Likouala swamp region. Cryptozoologist Roy Mackal suggested that it is a relic population of Deinosuchus, a giant Cretaceous crocodilian. Others have suggested that it is a freshwater relic of the mosasaurs; huge, sea-dwelling lizards which were presumed extinct by the end of the Cretaceous period.
The Bobangi aboriginals have proclaimed this animal to be unlike any other they have seen, and have only compared it to other creatures, such as a Nkoli (the Bobangi word for crocodile) or the legendary Nguma-monene for the sake of comparison. It is also reported to attack and devour rafts and canoes.
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