MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES: MYSTERY ANIMALS OF THE SAHARA

Whilst looking up something in Sahara by Renė Gardi on dwarf crocodiles in Chad (which I found) I also found another item I have hitherto missed although I have owned this book for over 2 years. As follows:

“All sorts of old wives` tales are current among the peoples of the Sahara. They tell of animals with iron heads which pierce their victims while in flight, of fiery snakes and huge, hairy monsters, more than thirty feet long.” (1)

This is all it says. However in a book published as recently as 2004, Sahara The Life of the Great Desert there is also mentioned dwarf crocodiles in Chad in the early 21st century.

1. R.Gardi Sahara. George G Harrap & Co Ltd. London, 1970 p. 120.

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