There are no known living dinosaurs that are the same as the ones that existed millions of years ago. However, birds are considered to be the closest living relatives of dinosaurs, as they descended from the common ancestor of all dinosaurs
. Modern birds are like living, breathing dinosaurs that have swapped scales for feathers
. Some reptiles, such as crocodiles and alligators, are often mistaken for dinosaurs, but they are not technically dinosaurs
. There are also legends of dinosaur-like creatures, such as the sauropod-like Mokele-Mbembe, the ceratopsian Emela-Ntouka, and the tyrannosaurid Kassai Rex, but there is no scientific evidence to support their existence
