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Post by all on Oct 2, 2019 0:59:48 GMT 5
The animal that in my opinion is or at least was real at some point in recent history is mngwa. But I do believe that there might indeed be some creatures that are more bizarre that might infect be real. I'm not talking about paranormal. but animals which are not only not described in the books. But animals that we can't even characterize like the "Creature from Tasmania" which is the only name given to this animal because there is nothing to compare it too.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Oct 2, 2019 1:04:04 GMT 5
The animal that in my opinion is or at least was real at some point in recent history is mngwa. That may be Machairodus kabir
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Post by all on Oct 2, 2019 1:11:45 GMT 5
That is an interesting theory size and weight would be about right. Although nowhere in Mngwas' description there is a mention of saber teeth. I think that better candidate for cryptid related to saber tooth cats would be Cigau from Sumatra
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Post by dinosauria101 on Oct 2, 2019 1:13:08 GMT 5
Machairodus' teeth are not actually that prominent; just SLIGHTLY longer than usual.
I will have to look up Cigau.
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Post by all on Oct 2, 2019 1:18:57 GMT 5
Cigau is a cat from sumatra slightly smaller than Sumatran tiger but more massive with sloping back like some saber-tooth cats whose teeth are not that prominent
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Post by all on Oct 2, 2019 1:19:59 GMT 5
It also rips open the belly when it kills sometimes and saber tooth cats did that sometimes as well
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Post by kekistani on Dec 8, 2019 11:02:46 GMT 5
I actually have a roster, most are late survival (survival into the 'modern holocene' though not necessarily today or even the last century) .Ground sloths (Mapinguari, Segamai, Kid Harare) .Arctotherium (Milne) .Monckton's devil-pig (Unidentified papuan suid or marsupial, possible palorchestid?) .Dobsegna (Thylacine or close relative) .Ropen, Kongomato, and Olitiau (giant fishing bat) .nandi bear (unidentified baboon, Hyena, or out-of range pop of brown hyena .mngwa (large, grey leopard) .Blue tiger (grey tiger morph)
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Post by smedz on Dec 8, 2019 19:12:50 GMT 5
I did some research on the Cigau of Sumatra, and I have a few comments. 1. This animal needs some media attention like the Orang Pendek. 2. The cat is described as being golden with a silvery mane. This makes me skeptical of its existence because the coats of cats help them blend in with their surroundings and sneak up on unsuspecting prey. Sumatran Tigers have darker coats than other tigers due to the jungles being darker. A cat with a golden pelt will just stick out in the forest like a sore thumb. 3. People call it the "golden lion" despite there being no chance that the Cigau is a lion. However, the Cigau has a short tail and legs longer than the front. Therefore, the Cigau sounds to be a descendant of Homotherium ultimum which lived in Java and coexisted with tigers, but had the lowest competition potential with them. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S003101821500601X
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Post by theropod on Dec 8, 2019 20:34:52 GMT 5
That there might still be some Thylacines in remote parts of tasmania somewhere, while unlikely based on existing evidence, is actually considered as a fairly serious possibility by mammalogists. I’d rank that among the more realistic cryptids.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Dec 8, 2019 22:59:30 GMT 5
I was just thinking, maybe the mokele-membe is a swimming giraffe? It could certainly LOOK like a sauropod from a distance
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Post by smedz on Dec 8, 2019 23:28:52 GMT 5
I was just thinking, maybe the mokele-membe is a swimming giraffe? It could certainly LOOK like a sauropod from a distance There aren't any giraffes in the Likouala Region or anywhere around Lake Tele.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Dec 9, 2019 1:54:12 GMT 5
Ah.
Another plausible explanation is a trunk-up swimming elephant, I suppose
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2019 3:54:31 GMT 5
I think there is a good chance homotherium still exists in south asia.
Proof:https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/10/saber-toothed-cats-survived-longer-dna-animals-science/
Key takeaways from this article: Homotherium was thought to be extinct 200000 years ago but they found fossils dating 28,000 years ago meaning that they survived much longer than they were expected to.
Also, they are rather canid like in that they moved long distances which explains why the american and european species are very similar.
My theory: homotherium and possibly some other sabertooths moved to the south asia and africa in the ice age (fact: there were homotherium species in south asia), they slightly downscaled in size to adapt to take wild boar, red deer, and gaur (fact: homotherium was very adaptable across all major continents) and still live in heavy jungle today. (fact: there have been sightings of sabertooth cat "slightly smaller than a tiger" in indonesia)
Just a fun theory, most likely not true but definetely possible.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Dec 9, 2019 3:57:42 GMT 5
That's actually pretty likely - there are animals like the saola antelope that were undiscovered in SE asia till the 1990s, so Homotherium could be on the table.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2019 3:59:44 GMT 5
And homotherium weren't that big, smaller than lions with some species that were lioness sized, so they don't need a lot of energy requirements and due to their adaptability, they would've likely downsized a bit to fill the niche of a jaguar. They could def survive off young buffalo, boar and deer.
I'd argue that both the cigau and tigre dantaro are homotherium as well as possibly the african ones as well.
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