The simba ya mail ("water lion") or simba ya mai is a water lion reported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Lubudi River, a tributary of the Lualaba.[1] It is often synonymised with the ntambo wa luy and the ntambue ya maï.[2] In the 1950's, Charles Mahauden was warned by locals to avoid a certain stretch of the Lubudi on account of the simba ya mail, which was said to capsize canoes and eat the occupants.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heuvelmans, Bernard & Rivera, Jean-Luc & Barloy, Jean-Jacques (2007) Les Félins Encore Inconnus d’Afrique, Les Editions de l'Oeil du Sphinx, ISBN 978-2914405430
- ↑ Eberhart, George M. (2002) Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, ABC-CLIO, Inc., ISBN 1576072835