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Cryptozoologists think that tropical rainforests and swamps of Africa and Indonesia have living pterodactyls living on them, and so do creationists. I think there may be a possibility of that being true (well, it is more likely to be true than the loch ness monster), but how about you?

You mean the Kongamato? I've heard about that. It's been reported in the Congo, along with Mokele-Mbembe (a sauropod), Emela-Ntouka (a ceratopsian), and Mbielu-Mbielu-Mbielu (a stegosaur). I'd like to find them some day, but I think the Kongamato would be the easiest to catch.

Well, your right, but there's also another pterodactyl-like creature in Africa, the Olitiau. Also there's the Ropen or Duah in New Guinea and the Orang Bati in Indonesia. But what do you mean with "cacth"? Are you really willing to steal the freedom of a wild animal?

If my research is correct, Oliatu is simply another name for the Kongamato. I generally call animals by the name I first hear them called by, but I try to keep a mental list of other names. Anyway, I suppose if that's how you want to look at my hopes of capturing them, then yes. But consider this: if dinosaurs and their cotemporaries have survived, their existence should be made known so they can be preserved. I would obviously never think of trapping an animal for a private collection, but a zoo where it could be safely and humanely cared for and learned about.

A national park? That might be a bad idea. National parks are open, meaning it could get out and go anywhere. Plus, introducing it to any park would risk messing up the ecosystem. Of course, I'll bet once creatures like that were proven to be IN an area, they'd declare it a national park anyway.

Sound philosophy. I'm willing to bet that the area would become a national park as soon as the government found out, but I also believe that people should get to see animals from around the world. That's why zoos exist. The Congo is shrinking, and if word got out that dinosaurs or other such creatures still lived, they would instantly be a popular target for poachers who wanted a really unique trophy. Think of the ones that would go to zoos as a backup plan, in case the wild populations died out.

Thanks.

It seems you guys had a lot of discussion while I was absent.

I guess so. *shrug*

I know this topic is really old, but I found a sound bite of Mokole-Mbembe that I thought some poeple might be interested in(Windows Media Player required) http://www.genesispark.com/genpark/moke ... esound.wav . If anyone finds one of the Kongamato, I'd like to hear it!
For the sake of staying with the subject, here's that site's bit on living pterosaurs. http://www.genesispark.com/genpark/ptero/ptero.htm

I've heard of this. The Congo is the most likely spot for this to be possible as its extremely unexplored and dangerious to humans. I personally believe in Cyptids, which this would be one. One of my theroies is the Mothman of my home state of West Virginia might be a surviving pterodactyl. Also a long time ago a living pterodactyl was supposedly found encased in rock by a tunneling crew. This is possible if certain gases where in the rock as they have a suspended animation effect that prevents them from dieing or even moving for a long time.