Mokele Mbembe

Mokele Mbembe are Cryptid Species that first appeared in The Autistic Hero 2: Worlds Clashing. It is one of the Cryptid Species that came from Cryptidia which is the Plane that Zaratan guards. They make their home in the Congo River in Africa and due to the difficulty to successfully search in it's murky waters it allowed the Mokele Mbembe to hide for years and also take down poaching humans with their long reaching necks. Mokele Mbembe were first seen in the scene where Professor Shinzen is talking about Cryptids and Strange Paranormal life forms. Mokele Mbembe is one of these animals that has been genetically altered by Cryptidia's Supernatural Aura to be able to live in the current climate beyond other dinosaurs. It is widely believed the Mokele Mbembe species comes from the Apatosaurus but with many altercations throughout the years.

## Biology

Despite most Eyewitness accounts, Mokele Mbembe is Omnivorous, usually using it's grinding flat teeth to consume plant matter and Vegetation in the Congo it lives in. Their heads are more flat than the Old Apatosaurus and have Asian elephant-like ears on the sides of it's head which allows it to swat away leeches or anything trying to get in it's head. On top of it's head is a Tooth-like horn which is similarly built to the ones seen on the Narwhal but it better fits the purpose of doing damage like Rhino horns. The horn itself is a Meter in length and with age it can track algae. The Dinosaur's body is covered in scales similar to many crocodilians but they are flat and secrete a mucus which reduces Drag when walking through the water. It's Bone structure on it's middle part of the body is super dense with a condition known as Osteosclerosis and this was what allowed this Dinosaur to walk underwater with it's pod like Hippos. The Tail of the Mokele Mbembe is much thicker because of it's new bone structure and it now is more blunt but also very vestigial and able to wrap around things such as roots or rocks. Mokele Membe also have retractable tusks in their mouths which are used for Dual with each other and for scraping off pieces of tree bark they want to eat. Running down their neck to their tail are short dorsal stubs which are used for electrosensory purposes. they can detect motion in all directions due to their hollow nature and when they send this through the nerves it reaches the Mokele's brain and allows it to know where their Pod members are. The Mokele Mbembe also communicate in a similar way to Hippos, with hard to hear clicking noises that can also drone out longer depending on how many members are in the Pod. The few times Mokele Mbembe will come on land is to lay eggs. The eggs don't take long to hatch so it's hard to really catch them doing this. Mokele Mbembe also can shoot Pressurized Scalding blasts from their mouths, which can reach temperatures of up to 150 Degrees Farhenheit at best and you may not even feel it because of 3rd degree burns. The Mokele Mbembe can reach heights of 34.5 meters and a length of 56 meters long.

## Abilities

Electrosensory Stubs: The Stubs on their back can pick up electrical signals from the animals around them and send information to the brain to 3D map out it's surroundings if it's blinded or unaware from the front.

Water Stride: Mokele Mbembe are able to literally walk underwater with their dense Bone structure. It allowed them to be secretive even in populated areas of the Congo River.

Tusks: The Tusks of Mokele mbembe specimens are said to be dripping with Poison that are used in self defense and fend off Hippos and Crocodiles. They are mainly used to sheer bark off of trees to eat.

Horn: The Horn or Tooth of Mokele Mbembe specimens are used similarly to Nawhal Tusks but these have a strange magical property. Before they use their Scalding breath weapon their horns glow green colored as if a signal to other individuals to also use that attack.

Scalding Breath: Mokele Mbembe use a breath weapon like Dragons but they exhale 150 Degree Fahrenheit Water which is usually in a straight line but sometimes can come out in a cone formation depending on the current it projects with it's forked tongue. The Scalding Breath is usually Insta-kill to humans because of inflicting 3rd degree burns making the victim unable to realize they were just burned.

Dragon Scream: Because of being related to Sauropods, Mokele Mbembe can use Dragon Scream but with the addition of a longer tail at the end of the blast.

## Trivia

Mokele Mbembe is the first Dinosaur, anomalous or not to have Survived the K.T. Extinction event.