Dragons

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Originally Posted by Amun

actually, an animal that spits fire isnt far from reality. its completely possible.

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Explain. How is it possible? And if it is indeed possible, where is the evidence that it actually happens?

I mean, seriously, does it have a supply of gasoline in its lungs and a sparker in its throat, and a protective fireproof lining around its mouth and all the various body parts that it's likely to burn at some point?

It doesn't seem that fire breathing would be a very good thing to have, evolutionarily speaking. Fire mostly just burns you, preventing you from passing on your genes. I can't imagine how it could stick around long enough to evolve aiming mechanisms for really big flames that make it useful for killing prey or whatever that would outweigh the huge risks of dealing with fire all the damn time.

And keep in mind that dragons do not breathe fire in Chinese mythology. Fire-breathing dragons appear only in Medieval European depictions.

Komodo dragons have a specialized gum tissue structure that breeds over a dozen identified varieties of bacteria... a bite from a Komodo is certain death by infection, and how they kill prey that is too big for them to fight... it wanders off, dies, and then they go looking for it.
See, THIS is Nature's way of problem solving! Keep it simple stupid!
The evolution of flame is so outrageously improbable for the exact reasons oneironaut stated.
It would be more likely (still not likely... but MORE likely, lol) that they could FART fire, lol... at least methane (flammable hydrocarbon, exists as a gas at body temperature) is already a byproduct of digestion... hahahahaha I can just imagine St. George battling his big ol' dragon, and the thing turns around and RIPS one at him....

It wouldn't just evolve to spit fire if it still burned its throat and shit no? Maybe they could've developed a way to combine two reactive chemicals made by its body into a stream coming out of glands in its mouth.

Snakes spit venom, why couldn't a highly evolved giant reptile spit chemicals?

I dont even know why im arguing this point.

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Originally Posted by stinkyattic

...I can just imagine St. George battling his big ol' dragon, and the thing turns around and RIPS one at him....

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LOL
ROFL
That caused the funniest visual image ever.

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Originally Posted by epicsoundz69

It wouldn't just evolve to spit fire if it still burned its throat and shit no? Maybe they could've developed a way to combine two reactive chemicals made by its body into a stream coming out of glands in its mouth.

Snakes spit venom, why couldn't a highly evolved giant reptile spit chemicals?

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Spitting chemicals is one thing. Getting those chemicals to catch fire and not have a significant chance of severely burning you is another. I don't see how such an ability could possibly evolve. The first lizards to learn how to create the first rudimentary flames are likely to just burn themselves or their potential mates. This would not be a useful ability that would give fire-breathing genes a greater chance of survival than non-fire-breathing genes. If one misdirected breath can make you burn off your balls or cause a huge forest fire, how long are you going to stick around?

Think they live in the spirits of yore......entertaining both young and old!

of course dragons existed, they still exist today! heres mine....

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Originally Posted by typoerror

of course dragons existed, they still exist today! heres mine....

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Nice Bearded Dragon dude....here's another Australian dragon....:thumbsup: Our Eastern Water Dragons, Baldrick & Zelda :D :wtf: There's a clicky in my sig where you can see some video's of them....:cool: :stoned: :thumbsup:

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Slayer

No, i dont belive they ever exsisted.

Would be a novel way to fire up a bong or a blunt or something lol.

SDK Slayer, are those the ones that can scamper across the surface of water?

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Originally Posted by stinkyattic

SDK Slayer, are those the ones that can scamper across the surface of water?

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that would be the "jesus christ lizard". its a basilisk from central/south america.