I've been reading so much about mythology & religion as it relates to natural history lately that I've decided to revamp on old post of mine on that very subject. (It was already monstrous to begin with, but given what I intend to add it may get out of control.) I hope to have it up sometime this weekend, but for now here's an old movie trailer that will give you some clues as to what I'll be talking about;
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Um, the bible predicted the behemoth? No. Behemoths were in Africa since before mankind emerged. We know it today as the hippopotamus, known to the Egyptians as 'water-ox'.
Lemme guess... Umm, sauropod, or some sort of plesiosaur, perhaps?
According to PQQAm here: http://forums.abcnews.go.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=abccomments&nav=to… it is an apatosaurus. It's clearly described in the book of Job, with its penis swaying like a cypress tree and all. Don't you scienceguys know anything?