Duwas

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Among hundreds of languages and dialects in Papua New Guinea, in one area "duwas" refers to the same creature called "ropen" on Umboi Island. Contrary to earlier assumptions, the general consensus, among the most recent investigators who have explored in Papua New Guinea, searching for evidence of living pterosaurs (Paul Nation, Jonathan Whitcomb, Garth Guessman, and David Woetzel), is that these two words refer to the same general kind of creature: a featherless giant, flying at night. The difference is in language, not biology.

"Duah" is most likely another misunderstanding, probably from an assumption that "duwas" is plural (it is not). Recent investigators know of no creature locally called "duah."