Dragons Essay Research Paper DragonsIntroductionThe dragon long

Dragons Essay, Research Paper

Dragons

Introduction:

The dragon, long considered a mythical creature, which indeed once existed but is now extinct. The last one having died in captivity in 1911, was part of a traveling zoo where it was falsely labeled as a rare winged garter snake. Although scientists have so longly disputed the existence of dragons because their attributes, anatomy and abilities appeared scientifically improbable. The key word being here: “improbable” and not impossible. Few fossils of dragons have ever been found because like a bird, their bones were hollow, although some have been found ! In China they found a dragon s head, which they said to be a “horned tyrannosaurus skull” and in 1897, on the beach in Miami, the carcass of a strange snakelike creature 6 meters long was found.

There are many other examples of this in the world.

Dragonologist, Dr. Volodimir Kapusianyk is the last of his kind and is now resting in a nursing home in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan at the age of 98. Because of ill health and old age, he has not yet been able to finish his book on dragons.In this report, I will inform you on the dragon s simple anatomy, the kinds of dragons, their weapon breath, dragon encounters and dragons of today. I will even include a few pictures of dragons, where they have been seen, etc. Enjoy !

Types of dragons:

There were many types of dragons who once walked the earth, here are the most common:

The Guivre: The legless and wingless Guivre would have seemed a mere serpent, even though an immensely powerful one, except for it s massive head, horned and

bearded. Guivres liked to live in forests and wells, anywhere near water.

The Lindworm: Falling between the birdlike Wyvern and snakelike Guivre, the Lindworm had a serpentine body with one pair of legs. It was flightless which means that it had no wings. The Italian traveler Marco Polo reported seeing some while crossing the steppes of central Asia.

The Heraldic dragon: The most widespread and formidable of its kind, the Heraldic dragon had massive fangs, four clawed legs and a ridge of sharp spines that extended from its spiked nose to it s barbed and stinging tail.

The Amphitere: A legless, winged serpent, the Amphitere could be found along the banks of the Nile and in Arabia, where it guarded Frankincense-bearing trees and threatened all those who would harvest the precious resin.

The Wyvern: Feared for its viciousness and for the pestilence it brought to northern Europe, Greece and Ethiopia, the Wyvern had a coiling trunk that bore a pair of eagle s legs, which were tucked beneath it s wings. The name is derived from the Saxon word Wivern, or “Serpent”.

Weapon Breath:

Fire Breather: The breath weapon of a dragon is not a magical thing that spread out of nowhere but had a more scientific explanation. When we eat, our digestive system creates a gas known as methane (CH4). Dragons, unlike humans and other animals store this gas into another kind of lung that will serve as a bag to hold the gas that will later be mixed with a small amount of phosphorous (P4) that has the

propriety to ignite in fire at the contact of air. When the dragon wants to breathe fire, the methane is released into the lung and when the gas is in the air, the phosphorous ignites and also puts the methane on fire.

Frost Breather: Some dragons breathe a cone of frost. The explanation for this resides also in the food that the dragon ingests. The food is broken down in the stomach, primarily for nutrition, but the remains bear some chemical reactions that will give off a gas, supposedly nitrogen. The gas is compressed by very strong muscles, exactly like the base system of a refrigerating system. The dragon doesn t need to think for it because it is spontaneous and painless. When the dragon needs to freeze an opponent, the highly compressed nitrogen that almost reaches the liquid state, is released in the lungs, and when the gas comes into the air it uncompresses at an unimaginable speed. The result is that the gas absorbs all the heat in the environment. This causes the temperature in the breath to drop to an average of 75 degrees C. Anyone caught in the path of the breath without heavy heat protection was at least seriously injured or killed.

Acid Breather: This type of dragon had a special organ that allowed it to create an excessive amount of a powerful acid which it also used to break down food. Whenever it pleased, it could spew the acid from its mouth (vomiting), and this would burn its opponent. There is a direct link between the breath and the food, if the dragon is starving, his breath weapon does not regenerate.

Dragon Encounters:

Dragons are sea serpents. Throughout history, water dragons have often been sighted, with the most recent incidents dating back to the beginning of the twentieth century.

The most scientifically reliable description is that of Peter Carl van Esling, the director of Hague Zoo, who gives an account of a water dragon sighted during a voyage to collect marine species in the Atlantic Ocean during the 1860’s. He wrote: “We saw a gigantic reptile, bright blue and silver in colour. He swam gracefully around the ship before the sailors eyes and submerged himself without a splash. His eyes were enormous, with vertical pupils

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