Human knowledge of Dinosaurs is ancient

[graft2vine (Ethan)]

@St.Roymond

Behemoth is a word taken from Egyptian where it apparently referred to the (giant) river hippopotamus, now extinct.

We have two threads going now about behemoth. Thoughts on it being a crocodile?

The Genesis Gap Theory and dinosaurs

Welcome @Greg_Deal ! Looking at the full passage, it just hit me that this fits the description of a crocodile. It is strong but also hides in the marsh. The only thing that seems out of place is that it eats grass but there are some carnivores that will eat grass to aid digestion. Grass can also just translate to herbage. I found this article about some extinct crocodiles that were herbivores. You can view it in reader mode without subscription. Plant-eating crocodiles thrived in dinosaur t…