Comments on: The Ngoubou

By: lincoln s

lincoln s — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:58:02 +0000

one thing people constantly forget is america was connected to asia during the ice age by the bering land bridge so if they survived till than they could have migrated across to asia then to africa . also could someone please tell me when the ngoubou last sighted.

By: lincoln s

lincoln s — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:57:19 +0000

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:20:21 +0000

Pangea broke apart at the dawn of the age of Dinosaurs some 200+ MYA. Our current understanding of that time period indicates that because animals were not isolated, there was remarkably little diversity and speciation. By 65 MYA, the continents were more or less in their current positions, just under 300 more feet of water than present levels. That means that many animals were indeed isolated by that point. Asia and North America were likely still connected via Beringia, meaning that there may still have been some transfer of biota.

By: shumway10973

shumway10973 — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 06:47:42 +0000

I thought that was the whole purpose of crytostudies was to find facts, not just what we were taught in school or by high and mighty “experts”. If we truly had pangean continent at one time, then any animal could have migrated anywhere they wanted, the question would be could they survive? I hope someone finds one alive.

By: SaruOtoko

SaruOtoko — Thu, 04 May 2006 20:05:30 +0000

I love it! Any chance of a living dinosaur is a good one!

By: jayman

jayman — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:04:10 +0000

Relict hominids are one thing, but these relict dinosaur reports are something else. It’s relatively easy to imagine how a creature with near-human intelligence could learn to avoid humans and stay out of sight most of the time, but here it’s an animal big as a tank with a brain the size of a walnut.

By: One Eyed Cat

One Eyed Cat — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:13:54 +0000

I am curious what the Ngoubou’s remprtment is. That is the Emela Ntouka is said to kill elephants does the Ngoubou have a simular reputation?

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 23:42:24 +0000

Yes, best guess theories indicate that the Ceratopsians likely first evolved in Asia, so it is possible that some of them may have made their way to Africa. From there, it is possible that one line of them could have developed along parallel lines to the Styracosaurus. What becomes most tenuous is the idea that some Dinosaurs somehow managed to survive the global devastation of the Xiculub Impact 65 million years ago.
On this, first, let me just say that I love Dinosaurs, have ever since I was a kid, and I am more than willing to revise my ideas of them (Curiously enough, my mother tells me I always argued that they were warm-blooded whenever she read my Dinosaur books to me. About a year after I first argued it, the Press picked up on Bob Bakker and others’ ideas that they were indeed warm-blooded, which surprised her, needless to say). Ceratopsians are also, by far, my favourite, so more than anything I would love for some to still exist. Secondly, I in no way wish to suggest that the researchers OR the natives are untrue or dishonest. I do trust native testimony, although I know errors in translation can occur (The 6-legged Octopus that turned out to be a Walking Stick Bug comes to mind). I just find it hard to believe that such large beasts were able to survive such a global cataclysm AND remain incredibly marginalized, never having resumed their role as dominat species. I just don’t see the logic behind this proposal, short of the obvious fact that people seem to be reporting things that appear to be them. Do I believe that Mokele Mbembe exists? I do actually, based on the repeated reports of the natives. But I think that it must be some sort of mammal, perhaps something akin to an Indricotherium. If the Ngobou does exist as well, I would similarly expect to find that it is in fact a mammal- in this case likely a rhinoceros relative. It may be wise to bring some images of Brontotheriums and their cousins, just to be sure. Regardless, happy hunting, and I honestly hope you prove me very, very wrong!

By: CryptoInformant

CryptoInformant — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:25:33 +0000

Well, North America was connected to South America the first time in the Triassic, and then, during the Jurassic, South America was connected to Africa. For this to be a good explanation, the ceratopia’s earliest ancestors would have to have evolved in the Triassic, which the earliest ornithischians did. Some Early Cretaceous ones were found pretty far south in the US, and the earliest one was found in Asia.

By: John Kirk

John Kirk — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 18:11:55 +0000

As U.T. Raptor points out, what makes this all so interesting is that ceratopsians have only been found in North American fossil beds. There isn’t one bone from anywhere in Africa.

If the Ngoubou is a ceratopsian then it is incredible to think that their range could be so great. We’ll have to see whether it actually is, but if it is, then science needs to rethink some of its theories.