If you watch the TV cable networks, you've probably seen that teams of people go down

to Africa in search of dinosaurs.

One in particular called the Mokele Mbembe.

And you were probably led to believe that these were serious scientists, paleontologists

perhaps.

Well, hate to burst your bubble, but they were young earth creationists.

Today we're going to find out why networks would be giving an infomercial to creationists

seeking dinosaurs in Africa.

And whether there might really be any, hunting the Mokele Mbembe is today on Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid.

I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

Hunting the Mokele Mbembe.

Does a species of sauropod dinosaur still exist in the wilds of Africa?

Some believe that it might.

Today we call this cryptid the Mokele Mbembe, a local name for the beast, said to frequent

the rivers and lakes of various parts of Africa, to live on vegetation, and to fiercely

defend its privacy against human and animal intruders alike.

Books are published on it, television programs chronicle the expeditions of investigators searching

for it.

Today we're going to find out how belief in dinosaurs living in Africa has become, if

not mainstream, at least not so far out on the fringe as we might expect.

sauropods were the large elephant sized long necked dinosaurs, a brontosaurus being one

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