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I just had to post something pointless.

Now really, do you? :cool:

Not in the fire-breathing sense, but I do think there are likely be some undiscovered giant lizards and other organisms that do exist and which gave birth to many of the legends of dragons around the world. For example, the Loch Ness Monster or similar unexplained phenomena.

And some dragons were in fact just crocodiles...

Fight them too long, and you may become one :eek:

I used to think Dragons were a myth until I saw a documentary on a place called Komodo. :)

Considering the story this morning about a dragon eating a kid I'd say yes. Nasty buggers too.

http://www.gamesoc.org/images/trogdor.gif

I used to think they were mythological until seeing that documentary a few years ago.They found a near-perfectly preserved body.You can't deny a body.

One of my sister's friends did not believe in penguins until high school.

But anyway, back on topic, I am sure that something must have given rise to all the tales of dragons. For all I know they may the result of a greatly exaggerated salamander story, though.

I recall reading that some supposed griffon bones turned out to be dinosaur fossils. Perhaps the same sort of thing occured with dragons.

like mother in laws yes

I used to think they were mythological until seeing that documentary a few years ago.They found a near-perfectly preserved body.You can't deny a body.

Did the dead body breath fire?

Did the dead body breath fire?

Nope, acid. It was a Black Dragon.

To many accounts of dragons in totally unrelated cultures make it unlikely that there was no basis for the idea of something like a Dragon. Perhaps Dinosaurs existed into the the time of the first humans or something like that, who knows.

http://www.gamesoc.org/images/trogdor.gif

Burninating the country side.

Trogdor comes in the niiiiiiggggghhhhtttt!!!!

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- if you've never had an AIDS scare,you've never truly lived.

- tattoos are never not a good idea, espacially if you are drunk.

- you can do anything you put your mind to, unless its hard, in which case, you shouldn't even try. Who needs all that hassle?

- the children are our future, which is why we should kill them allbefore they destroy it.

- I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, the song would be "Gimmee That Nutt" by Eazy-E.

- there is no 2I2 in team, which is why I propose changing the spelling to t-e-i-m-e.

- I'm resonsible for my own life. Unless it end up badly, then its someone else's fault.

- it's better to have loved and lost than to have been beaten with a tire iron by some derranged homeless guy.

But trust me on the sunscreen…

On topic, I think dragons were just dinosaur bones that people saw and figured "it must be still alive, since we can clearly see its bones sitting here." I mean, even today dragons are basically land dinosaurs that can fly.

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Did the dead body breath fire?NO but it could've when alive.

I just had to post something pointless.

Now really, do you? :cool:

err... yes.

they do exist you know...

http://www.merriewood.com/exindo/komodo1.jpg
Komodo Dragon


"Seek not to anger the Dragon, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup."

NO but it could've when alive.

For srsly?

For srsly?Well between a false pallid and platinum grinded on it's back teeth yeah.
And Komodo Dragons are just lizards.Called Dragons after being seen swimming in the ocean centuries ago.

Well between a false pallid and platinum grinded on it's back teeth yeah.
And Komodo Dragons are just lizards.Called Dragons after being seen swimming in the ocean centuries ago.

Source?

Source?

The documentary I mentioned earlier.

Yes, I believe that Komodo dragons exist, obviously.

As for the mythical fire-breathing things, no, of course not. The dragon as typically depicted is physically impossible. Cool, but impossible. :)

And Komodo Dragons are just lizards.Called Dragons after being seen swimming in the ocean centuries ago.well... technically, the Mystical 'Dragons' are also just lizards. ;) :p

well... technically, the Mystical 'Dragons' are also just lizards. ;) :p
What have I just been saying?

What have I just been saying?

that you saw a documentary (and it would be nice if you could remember the title... I would like to see that) that presented a perfectly preserved body.

that you saw a documentary (and it would be nice if you could remember the title... I would like to see that) that presented a perfectly preserved body.


I belive I know the one he is talking about:

Dragons (http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/)


It was actually an April Fools joke done by the Science Channel.

What have I just been saying?

You do know that most dragons were simply people mistaking other animals and remains for dragons. For instance, the Oarfish is strikingly similar to chinese dragons, fossils of dinosaurs are easy to see how they could be mistaken, and other animals.

What you likely saw, as stated before, was a "fake" documentary put out by the Science Channel. As in, not real.

Because mythical dragons don't exist. That should be obvious.

I hold out for the possibility of dragons to the same degree that I hold out for the possibility of Unicorns, extraterrestrial visitors to earth, and God. As in, until I see one I will go on assuming that they do not exist.

With that said, dragons are incredibly awesome, and I wish they did exist. Only in a variety that was concerned with more than making me into a meal.

Of course.

I am owned by two of them.

I even know a dragon! His name is Puff, Puff the Magic Dragon! He lives by the sea, and frolics in the autumn mist in a land called Honali.

Lol, so no dragons?

Ain't it a shame?

I belive I know the one he is talking about:

Dragons (http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/)


It was actually an April Fools joke done by the Science Channel.

Lol, so no dragons?

Ain't it a shame?

not really... could you imagine the havok they'd wreck on the Gold Market?

This should explain why there an't any dragons, or unicorns, or any other mythical beast: Ta da! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3W36jl1Lj8)