#Contego #ShieldedSnake #HappyBlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth #HappyBlackHistoryMonth2018 #BlackHistoryMonth2018 "Believed to surface in Africa in the rainy season the Contego (latin for "shielded") Snake is one of the rarest and deadliest creatures ever to have exsisted, although it is not related to the snake family in any way it's distinctive snake-like shape has led to it's name. it's thought that this cryptoid is the reason behind the rapidly disappearing elephant population as, during the rainy season when elephant herds travel more it comes out of hibernation to gorge itself. cryptozoologists beleive that the creature weighs around 75 tons from recent findings of a skull section and fresh tracks found after a particulary bad storm."