noz92 Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 don't forget the couple species of dinosaur that could fly.Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there were any dinosaurs that could fly, but flying reptiles related to dinosaurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockytriton Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there were any dinosaurs that could fly, but flying reptiles related to dinosaurs. You may be right, I assumed that the pteridactle was a dinosaur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eMTee Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Don't watch TV. so didn't watch it....it sounds worth a laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted May 2, 2005 Report Share Posted May 2, 2005 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think there were any dinosaurs that could fly, but flying reptiles related to dinosaurs. Yeah, they are generally classified as "closely related" to dinosaurs mainly because they were not walking upright, but for the most part they were flying reptiles just like some dinosaurs were swimming reptiles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishteacher73 Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Don't dragons have wings, hands and feet?That would mean that they are not tetrapods...ALL land verts are tetrapods.... No Dragon..... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockytriton Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Don't dragons have wings, hands and feet?That would mean that they are not tetrapods...ALL land verts are tetrapods.... No Dragon..... :) I've seen pictures of dragons who have only legs and wings, so I guess it all depends on the artist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noz92 Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Don't dragons have wings, hands and feet?That would mean that they are not tetrapods...ALL land verts are tetrapods.... No Dragon..... :)How would they evolve the wings in the first place? For flying animals, the wings usually develop from arms or the front two legs. If a dragon already has four legs, how would it get the wings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockytriton Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 There are lots of pictures of dragons with 2 arms, 2 legs and 2 wings as well. I did a google image search and it pretty much came up 50/50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 How would they evolve the wings in the first place? For flying animals, the wings usually develop from arms or the front two legs. If a dragon already has four legs, how would it get the wings? well, storytelling by the fire just changed over time. i doubt anyone cared to think of whether or not they had arms as well as wings, so they mixed it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turtle Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 ___Do Dragons lay eggs or give birth live? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockytriton Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 According to a lot of dragon lore, it depends on the type of dragon. For instance in AD&D there are some dragons who are egg laying and others who give birth to live young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queso Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 i really REALLY hope you aren't taking AD&D as non-fiction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockytriton Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 ofcourse not, I'm not taking dragons as non-fiction either. But if we are to ask questions about what makes up a dragon so that we can say if they existed or not, then we must go to our only references, which are mythology and lore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumab Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 I don't think D&D qualifies as lore, since it was written about 50 years ago. Better to look in Beowolf, or older stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazer2000x Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 The idea for the dragon had do of come from somewhere, as it has seemingly been a part of every culture in some way despite little or no contact of those cultures. Perhaps there was a similar creature in ancient times? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Barbarian Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 For the greeks at least, it was from finding skulls like this one: Along with long neck bones, the skulls of some kinds of fossil giraffes look pretty dragon-like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blazer2000x Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I can see how a giraffe skull could be mistaken as a dragon when you had never seen a giraffe. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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