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Mngwa

Mngwa (the strange one) or Nunda is a gigantic, ferocious, dark gray or black nocturnal feline, said to stalk Tanzania. Described as, "the size of a donkey," English contact with this animal first began in the 1900s. In 1938, an open-minded discussion of this animal appeared in the then-world-famous British scientific journal Discovery. William Hichens, a British administrator working in Tanzania reported that several natives were attacked by this animal. He thought it to be a giant, man-eating lion that was responsible, but both fur-samples and tracks were different from those of a lion (Welfare & Fairley, 1981).

In Frank W. Lane's 1954 issue of Nature Parade, Patrick Bowen, a hunter who tracked the Mngwa at one time, remarked that the animal's tracks were like those of the leopard but much larger. The Mngwa was also described to have brindled fur that was visibly different from that of a leopard. Lane believed that the attacks reported in the 19th century by the Chimiset, associated with the Nandi Bear, might actually have been attacks by the Mngwa.

Bernard Heuvelmans speculated Mngwa to be an abnormally colored specimen of a known species, or that it may even be a larger subspecies of the African golden cat (Profelis aurata).

The Nunda, Eater of People is one of the Swahili fairy tales collected by Edward Steere in his 1870 anthology Swahili Tales, as told by the natives of Zanzibar. It is possible that this folktale was also the inspiration for the Nundu, a leopard-like magical creature mentioned in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.

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Mngwa (the strange one) or Nunda is a gigantic, ferocious, dark gray or black nocturnal feline, said to stalk Tanzania. Described as, "the size of a donkey," English contact with this animal first began in the 1900s. In 1938, an open-minded discussion of this animal appeared in the then-world-famous British scientific journal Discovery. William Hichens, a British administrator working in Tanzania reported that several natives were attacked by this animal. He thought it to be a giant, man-eating lion that was responsible, but both fur-samples and tracks were different from those of a lion (Welfare & Fairley, 1981).

In Frank W. Lane's 1954 issue of Nature Parade, Patrick Bowen, a hunter who tracked the Mngwa at one time, remarked that the animal's tracks were like those of the leopard but much larger. The Mngwa was also described to have brindled fur that was visibly different from that of a leopard. Lane believed that the attacks reported in the 19th century by the Chimiset, associated with the Nandi Bear, might actually have been attacks by the Mngwa.

Bernard Heuvelmans speculated Mngwa to be an abnormally colored specimen of a known species, or that it may even be a larger subspecies of the African golden cat (Profelis aurata).

The Nunda, Eater of People is one of the Swahili fairy tales collected by Edward Steere in his 1870 anthology Swahili Tales, as told by the natives of Zanzibar. It is possible that this folktale was also the inspiration for the Nundu, a leopard-like magical creature mentioned in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels.

Reviews (5):
Сайфер
28.06.2020
Красивая кошечка!
Dean Onessimo
06.03.2019
I hope someday you do the legendary Nandi Bear of Africa.
Митрич
26.11.2018
Эт точно- "для псевдо-издательсва", жарящего, как пирожки, всякие там "крипто-сенсации"! Если этих "криптоведов" не остановят - этих "мнгва" нашим детишкам в школах впаривать будут вместе с "уникальнейшими" реликтами типа Несси и сасквотча... А че? Пипл все схавает- чем тупее дебилоидная масса - тем проще ей манипулировать и управлять. Амеры, например уже давно всех убедили в том, что они "были на Луне"(с развевающимся на ветру (?) флагом!), а укры - современники эректусов и им уже 400 тысяч лет! Сейчас вон, казахи говорят, что у них - родина яблок и тюльпанов!Надо, чтобы русские сказали, что Россия - родина слонов! Чтобы народ так оскотинился, надо чтобы он хавал все, что подкинут - для начала несуществующих криптидов, затем- несуществующую историю, а затем моделируй и направляй это тупое стадо куда тебе вздумается - хочешь на большой прорыв, хочешь - на убой!
rom
23.11.2018
Эта картинка была сделана на заказ для издательства. Поэтому она в разделе "иллюстрации".
Митрич
23.11.2018
"Мнгважды-мнгва" какой же ты породы?
Кто тебя придумал - те уроды!
Кто слепил "сенсацию" из "пука":
"Криптозоология-наука!"?