A few months ago I learned about Mokele-Mbembe, I supposed sauropod living in the Congo, and I immediately became obsessed with the idea of living dinosaurs. After doing more research into the topic it doesn’t seem very likely for a couple of reasons. There’s no evidence of dinosaurs in the fossil record post the Cretaceous period which indicates extinction. Evidence of living fossils like crocodiles and coelacanths are faulty because their survival into the modern day is due to unique circumstances like size, environment, and a slower rate of evolution. And supposed living dinosaurs, including Mokele-Mbembe, have descriptions more in line with older views of Dinosaurs rather than our more current understandings. But during my research I’m also frequently hear claims along the line of, “a surviving dinosaurs is highly implausible but not impossible.” I’m very curious what you guys think of this claim. Is it not impossible for a dinosaur to have survived, and if so why is it not impossible? Or do you think there’s absolutely no way a dinosaur could ever possibly survived?