tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613552758192348612.post3687153913901402613..comments2024-03-07T03:42:29.853-08:00Comments on cryptozoo-oscity: The Mngwa,legendary big cat of TanzaniaTabitcahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00685620846174596978noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613552758192348612.post-31196123375135842862012-10-03T06:23:44.575-07:002012-10-03T06:23:44.575-07:00I'VE RESEARCHED THIS SUBJECT A BIT AND HAVE CO...I'VE RESEARCHED THIS SUBJECT A BIT AND HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE MNGWA IS A RELICT SABER TOOTH CAT CALLED MACHAIRODUS, WHICH IS THE GENUS NAME FOR SOME TEWNTY KNOWN SPECIES. LATER SPECIES SUCH AS GIGANTEUS HAD A PANTHERINE LOOK AND LONGER TAIL THAN SOME OF THE EARLIER TYPES. IT ALSO HAD A LONG NECK AND NARROW SKULL. ALL SABERTOOTHS TEND TO BE SHORTER THAN A LION BUT BROADER, EXACTLY AS SOME MNGWAS HAVE BEEN DESCRIBED. SOME ARE MUCH HEAVIER AS WELL. MACHAIRUDUS REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN TANZANIA ALTHOUGH REPRESENTATIVE SPECIES HAVE SEEMINGLY DISAPPEARED. OTHER MNGWA CANDIDATES WHOSE FOSSIL REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN TANZANIA INCLUDE HOMOTHERIUM AND DINOFELIS. I'VE DISMISSED THESE AS TOO SMALL OR LACKING IN OTHER ESSENTIAL FEATURES SUCH AS A LONG OR MEDIUM-SIZED TAIL AND PANTHERINE APPEARANCE (E.G. HOMETHERIUM HAS THE SIZE, BUT HAS RELATIVELY LONG FRONT LEGS AND A SHORT TAIL AND MIGHT HAVE BEEN A PACK HUNTER, NOT THE SOLITARY PREDATOR MNGWA APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN). WHICH MACHAIRODUS SPECIES OR DESCENDENT OF SAME IS (WAS) THE MNGWA IS UNKNOWN. PERHAPS MACHAIRODUS AFRICANUS IS IT. I'M LESS CERTAIN OF MACHAIRODUS KABIR, A TRULY GIGANTIC SABERTOOTH CAT WHOSE REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN CHAD, FOR REASONS I WON'T GO INTO HERE. REMEMBER, THE ANSWER IS IN SCIENCE, NOT SPECULATION. TO CLAIM OUT OF THE BLUE THAT MNGWA IS A SPECIES OF GOLDEN CAT IS HORRIFICALLY BAD SCIENCE. THE MNGWA HAS (HAD) A PAST, JUST AS WE DO. IT IS IN THAT PAST THAT THE ANSWER LIES.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613552758192348612.post-50137485998878258022012-09-21T17:08:51.317-07:002012-09-21T17:08:51.317-07:00Hmm makes u wonder It could be something similar t...Hmm makes u wonder It could be something similar to blue tigers it's solitary nature makes u think of a big cat more closely related to a tiger or a leopard then a lionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613552758192348612.post-26007207485356793232012-08-23T15:12:54.424-07:002012-08-23T15:12:54.424-07:00the mngwa could be a saber toth tiger highbred the...the mngwa could be a saber toth tiger highbred they are known to grow to a large sizeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7613552758192348612.post-27608755235065143282010-04-19T09:52:51.802-07:002010-04-19T09:52:51.802-07:00I've just come across this old article after r...I've just come across this old article after reading Karl Shukers new article about the same cryptid (http://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2010/04/nunda-in-search-of-strange-one.html). To put an end at your question - well if you haven't found the answer for yourself in the meantime - this is an abridged text of Hichens report of 1922 which you will find for example in Heuvelmans, B. (1995). On the track of unknown animals (3rd ed.). London: Kegan Paul Ltd.Markushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01408330385562338941noreply@blogger.com