Pickled dragon???

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-01-30 05:08pm

Lagmonster wrote:It's a cool art piece. I can't find mention of it beyond that, but I wonder if they'll bother to figure out what it is and who made it? It's an incredible effort for 1890.

You know, I really can't believe that no one's expressed outrage at the subversion of science.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2004-01-30 05:10pm

Rogue 9 wrote:
SirNitram wrote:Dragons are rather necessarily endothermic, if they breath fire, so that rules out lizards. Besides, the legs are tucked under the body, not out to the sides. Far more feline than lizard.
Well, there's bombardier beetles, but I don't think a dragon could do the same thing on that scale without blowing up its face.

Bombadier beetles don't shoot fire, rather just a really hot noxious anal emission.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2004-01-30 08:11pm

The umbilical cord could be the Yolk sac or the portion of the Embryo that stores cellular waste. Of course, yolk sacs tend to be a tadbit bigger. A dragon would make sense to be endothermic, especially if they reach the sizes claimed in myth.

Queeb Salaron · Post by **Queeb Salaron** » 2004-01-30 08:30pm

You gotta figure that something like that is worth a lot of money. It's one-of-a-kind. I don't think I've seen that kind of craftsmanship before, and certainly not from that time period, with indiarubber.

Post by **Lagmonster** » 2004-01-31 09:55am

Rye wrote:
Rogue 9 wrote:
SirNitram wrote:Dragons are rather necessarily endothermic, if they breath fire, so that rules out lizards. Besides, the legs are tucked under the body, not out to the sides. Far more feline than lizard.
Well, there's bombardier beetles, but I don't think a dragon could do the same thing on that scale without blowing up its face.
Bombadier beetles don't shoot fire, rather just a really hot noxious anal emission.

...and even I can do that after three helpings at Papa Mexico's downtown.