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I sure do

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How many other ways can a thread debating the reality of dragons go?

somebody probably saw a bat standing on top of a comodo dragon and said, hey look a flying dragon!

As others were talkin about, the existence pterodactyls leads me to believe there could have been a cold blooded flying apex predator. While a pterodactyl seems like the evolutionary root of a pelican (if you're into the dino and bird stuff), I'm thinking the evolutionary root of an eagle or similar bird of prey could be a real life dragon.

Nature is so insanely varied that animals that exist today defy belief.

But real dragons? Fire breathing? Nah.

However I find it interesting how wide spread dragon mythology is. When cultures on different sides of the map develop similar mythology it makes you wonder. You could apply that to other stuff as well, vampire mythology is a good example.

Nope. They're the figment of peoples' imaginariation.

Dinosaurs with wings....and fire breath, God you creative GENIUS where art thou now!!

Real dragons would be cool, but for now I'll stick with my lovely Komodo Dragon

I saw a dragon the other day... horrible creatures

i heard that vampires were decomposing bodies but people were afraid that they were going to come back to life, that's why vampires sleep in a coffin.

If you think that's creative how about a beaver with a ducks face.

Because they are scientifically proven, impossible. The closest flying colossus possible is a roc, which is also a myth up to current archaeology progress. Pterosaur is the only "dragon" we have found evidence that could fly, we think, cause we never saw them take flight.

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Ohh I remember those, they're not as good

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They may not breathe fire, but they have a secret in-built poisonous dart.

Almost like the frogs he dropped in a tin of paint that sweat poison...

Yes, they were called dinosaurs, and, as has alreadfy been pointed out a few times, dino bones having been found by people many hundreds of years ago are what led to the myths about dragons. And as far as the fire breathing, that is only one of the many different cultural interpretations of dragons, not all dragons were portrayed as fire breathers.

I know that unicorns exist.

They certainly do not exist now, there's no way any very large creature could be undiscovered with modern technology.

As to if they WERE real...isn't a little odd that, despite having next to no contact for tens of thousands of years, both European and Asian civilizations had ancient descriptions and mythology related to dragons? Add to that that Mesoamerican tribes worshiped "feathered serpents" that look like dragons as deities. Is that just a huge coincidence?

Although, it's kind of unlikely there would be no fossil evidence if they existed.

The fact that the chinese, South American and European animals look nothing like each other disproves that in my book.

I was riding a unicorn, fighting a couple goblins, and on the horizon I could see a dragon terrorizing an elven village.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Beetle I doubt dragons (as we think of them today) ever existed, but there may have been some flying reptile that could spit...something, in much the same way that bombardier beetles do.

Yes, the unicorns would be out of business without dragons. Otherwise, fair maidens on their way to an untimely demise might have to walk, and thus soil their damask garments.




In all seriousness, Farlington nailed it with his explanation.