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Yes, Dragons. Not Dungeons and Dragons, just Dragons. Do you think they once existed, or could exist? Even if not exactly as depicted in stories?

Originally posted by NineCoronas
Maybe, but I doubt that. There are a lot of different dragon types besides the Western Style (Four legs, 2 wings... red), such as the Sea Dragons, Wyverns and Chineese Dragons that have been in a lot stories.

I personally think they did exist, and perhaps the Sea Dragons still do (Can't exactly tell, now can we?), though the ones you commonly hear the Knights and Shining Armor slaying are most likely embellished.

I am basing my information on two different programs on the history channel. One was about dragons and the other on was about the Cyclops.

Today in China they sale ground up dinosaur bones as dragon bones for medicine.

Sure, why not............much is talked about them in historical book.....and things/creatures can die out.........who knows......

A dragon couldn't support it's weight on it's wing's , they would have to be so damn big they would cover a whole town (perhaps 2 ) .

The fire-gland would also be difficult to explain.

Chinese dragons are about as off the scale as you can get realwise.

Maybe.

Dragons are fictional, the original, quintessential monster. They represent the darkest, most primal aspects of our psyche, the classic fear of what predator might leap from the dark (this is why they are found in almost every culture and are an amalgam of real-life beasts).

Eastern dragons--being beneficial--may represent some of man's earliest attempts to master this primal fear.

BTW, did you know "Dracula" is Romanian for dragon?

Originally posted by Mindship
Dragons are fictional, the original, quintessential monster. They represent the darkest, most primal aspects of our psyche, the classic fear of what predator might leap from the dark (this is why they are found in almost every culture and are an amalgam of real-life beasts).

Eastern dragons--being beneficial--may represent some of man's earliest attempts to master this primal fear.

BTW, did you know "Dracula" is Romanian for dragon?

Yup

Dracula - Drac - Draco - Dragon

Originally posted by grey fox
Yup

Dracula - Drac - Draco - Dragon



komodo dragons exist.

traditionally, there doesn't really need to be an historical basis for dragons, as mindship is saying. they've been around for many thousands of years in stories and art. there may have been some basis -- i too have heard the dinosaur bones theory -- but to imply there must have been (not that the thread starter is saying there must be) is to say there must be an historical basis for mythological creatures.

perhaps the ancients simply had great imaginations.

Originally posted by leonidas



I can't imagine that.

no, there were no dragons.

Could be factional and not..........we will never know.........look at the Bamberger (sp) beetle?

Hey other manals will be gone...platypus....Doe Doe bird (sp)

Originally posted by debbiejo
Could be factional and not..........we will never know.........look at the Bamberger (sp) beetle?

Hey other manals will be gone...platypus....Doe Doe bird (sp)

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Bombarter beetle????


HAHAHAHHA.......

Are you trying to sat something???..........WHO KNOWS WE WEREN'T THERE!!!

Originally posted by PVS
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Are you admitting to not understanding Deb?

Just don't ask me what she is talking about.

Originally posted by debbiejo
Bombarter beetle????


HAHAHAHHA.......

Are you trying to sat something???..........WHO KNOWS WE WEREN'T THERE!!!

i wont sat another word.

Originally posted by debbiejo
...Are you trying to sat something???...

You can sat that again.

Sooooooooooo much is written about them in history fictionial and non fiction books, sooooooooooo who are we to say........

They DO exist!

Read The Hobbit and then watch a movie call Dragonslayer and finally listen to Puff the Magic Dragon song.

.........thought so..........

Dragonslayer...great movie. Reign of Fire: great dragons, not so great movie.
Puff the Magic Dragon...well, we know what That's about...

Crocodiles were probably confused with dragons in the old days. Though I remember years ago one of my chemistry teachers explaining how it WAS possible (In a theoretical way) for animals to breathe fire. Can't remember the chemistry behind it though. I should have listened more.

There was a "documentary" done last year on a Discovery channel (I think) about dragons. Explained a lot of things very scientifically, including how dragons could fly and breathe fire. Cool stuff.

SEE!!!...........Possibility.............

Originally posted by amity75
Crocodiles were probably confused with dragons in the old days. Though I remember years ago one of my chemistry teachers explaining how it WAS possible (In a theoretical way) for animals to breathe fire. Can't remember the chemistry behind it though. I should have listened more.

If the bacteria in the stomach produced hydrogen, then the dragon could eat platinum and make fire.

have you heard of Nessy?

Think I'll get on my broom now..........

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
If the bacteria in the stomach produced hydrogen, then the dragon could eat platinum and make fire. platinum is so cool

but dragons don't exist, it started with Chang Qu in 4th century China who discovered dragon bones, and made up some background behind them.

Why is so much written about them in almost every culture then???. (well not America)..they didn't even know each others culture at that time.

invasion, and immigration, how do you think christianity and Jesus spread when it started in Israel?

Satan???

I feel the need to clarify a few things.

The breathing fire isn't hard to explain. Cows emit methane gases, so could another animal. all it would have to do is chew flint to light a spark and viola! a fireball.

Dracula is "Son of the Dragon". Dracul is dragon. the 'a' at the end means 'son of'

and they are most probably early explinations for dinosaur bones combined with a natural predatory fear(seeing the bones and then making up the most fearsom thing you can think of)

its really too bad dragons are fictional. I want one.

Well Dracula was a real person, but not as we know him today in fictional books............nasty though.....The impayler.

Draco means dragon.

As in the constellation surrounding Cassiopeia...

Originally posted by lord xyz
Draco means dragon.

Wrong language sparky.

We're talking the original Romanian Dracula, Vlad the Impaler.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
If the bacteria in the stomach produced hydrogen, then the dragon could eat platinum and make fire.

Bing! That's it! Hydrogen was the key to a lot of the dragon's characteristics, eg, seeking platinum was also the basis for dragons "hoarding treasure."

http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/dragons.html

Found it, yes!

Originally posted by Mindship
Bing! That's it! Hydrogen was the key to a lot of the dragon's characteristics, eg, seeking platinum was also the basis for dragons "hoarding treasure."

http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/dragons.html

Found it, yes!

Ya, I saw the show.

Ask Deano, there based on Reptile Men

Originally posted by NineCoronas
Yes, Dragons. Not Dungeons and Dragons, just Dragons. Do you think they once existed, or could exist? Even if not exactly as depicted in stories?
In general, it's quite hard to know if dragons existed or not. How on earth could something that large really fly, speaking of dragons with wings. Where would they get a good enough food supply to nourish themselves with such a large body? And how exactly could an animal breathe fire? I'm not saying it's not possible that they existed, I'm just stating the common questions.

Originally posted by ILoveMyDaniel
In general, it's quite hard to know if dragons existed or not. How on earth could something that large really fly, speaking of dragons with wings. Where would they get a good enough food supply to nourish themselves with such a large body? And how exactly could an animal breathe fire? I'm not saying it's not possible that they existed, I'm just stating the common questions.
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http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/dragons.html