As one of the most representative creatures in Eastern and Western cultures, dragons frequently appear in various works of art.
Dragons will play an important role in any subject matter related to magic.
But different from the solemnity of Chinese dragons, dragons in Western traditional culture and contemporary ACGN systems are often portrayed as having lizard body with bat wings, sharp teeth and jaws. The evil image that can breathe fire is an evil force that cannot be provoked.
We all know that Western dragons are fictional creatures, but what kind of creatures would they actually exist on this planet? This article will combine ancient books, literary works, and scientific theories to show you the full picture of the Western dragon as much as possible.
first is the type .
Dragon in the context of contemporary society,In fact, it is our collective term for the standard Western dragon with four short legs and one pair of wings. In fact, in a broad sense, Western dragons also have Drake , which is a secondary dragon whose size, intelligence, and combat power are all weaker than standard Western dragons.
In some ACGN works, Drake is also called "dragon beast" or "young dragon". The biggest difference between them and Dragon is that they lack a pair of wings to pull the wind.
followed by strong29 Wyvern _strong span1 _strong span1 _strong in domestic.
As the name suggests, the biggest difference between this type of dragon and the Dragon is the lack of two front legs. In addition, in terms of attributes, Wyvern is more biased towards poison than fire.
finally Wyrm1 _span _strong span32They are Western dragons in the classical sense. They have neither legs nor wings. They resemble a giant snake in image.
Under the four major populations of Dragon, Drake, Wyvern, and Wyrm, the western dragon is also further subdivided into , Kelsason, special species, and Viking species. Greek species, Slavic species , etc. Of course, although they look strange and weird, they all belong to chordae Allosaurus squamatosaurus .
Next, let’s talk about the most criticized position of the western dragon .
We all know that Western dragons are basically equivalent to evil incarnations, but we don’t know that they have been worshiped by some European nations for a long time, such as strong Vikings _span _span _span _strong1 32.
and the stigmatization campaign against western dragons broke out in _span_span strong span1 _span_span32 strong 29 span_strong span in the Middle Ages.
Since monotheistic began to expand on the Europa continent, the church will naturally not let the people multitask. Under the offensive of public opinion, it is naturally the reputation of the innocent dragon. Become the stinky and bad black five categories. Like them, the blood mold fell, and the church was notorious for goat .
is different from goats. After all, the dragon has a high spirit and strong fighting ability. After being stigmatized, it simply breaks and falls. From time to time, it fights with the knights or goes to the human base to take predation.
Next, let’s talk about Western Dragon’s fire mechanism .
This is actually not difficult to explain. They can breathe fire because a special organ has evolved near the lungs and liver, where various body fluids mix and undergo violent chemical reactions to produce a liquid substance similar to ether .
Once the brain sends out a fire command,Liquid ether will pass from this organ to an organ called flame sac , and then the flame sac will contract and expand rapidly, and the vent below the tongue will generate static electricity and spray immediately. After reacting with static electricity and oxygen, it will eventually become a raging flame.
So the dragon's fire breathing mechanism is not magical.
Many artillery beetles represented by the African gas infantry can spray high-temperature gas-liquid mixtures. Even some birds can spray wax esters and triglycerides oil in self-defense.
Western dragons are not as big as contemporary people think.
Take Dragon and Wyvern as examples. Taking into account their flight attributes and the various restrictions brought about by them, their wingspan will basically not exceed 15 meters ,It is also difficult to weigh more than 300 kg .
In short, these creatures that live in the atmosphere and are affected by the gravity of the earth are unlikely to grow into giants tens of meters long and amazing wingspans like and Zhuo Geng.
And Drake, the strong without wings, won’t walk two steps too long, otherwise they won’t be too long. , The delicate lower limbs have to be completely dislocated.
In fact, in European classical literature and art, most Dragon, Drake, and Wyvern are about the same size as a cow and horse, and the smaller ones may not be as good as dogs.
It’s a dragon like Wyrm that grows and eats like a snake. It’s a small and comfortable dragon that grows up and eats. A ten-meter behemoth.Of course, the premise is that they have to live long enough.
What do western dragons eat?
Obviously, like lizards, they are also omnivores , what they eat depends on the day’s physique, the type of fighting power, and the diversity of the location. . Like St. George , the domineering poisonous dragon in slaying the dragon has to eat two sheep every day.
The dragon killed by Pope Sylvester I is even more exaggerated. It is said that it will eat 6000 people every day . But considering the size of dragons and the subtle relationship between them and Western monotheism, we can only suspect that this dragon has a habit of cannibalism, but it is definitely not so edible.
Since western dragons do not like to live in groups and do not practice a strict spouse system, does not have a high desire to reproduce .
but most of them are more conscientious,Once the dragon egg is hatched, it will keep looking after the offspring until they have the ability to survive independently.
If the survival rate is used as the survival rate of 1 R/K, the survival rate of strong is not dependent on the survival strategy of _span strong 29strong1. Long is clearly a fan of K strategy.
No way. For this kind of creature with a life expectancy of 4 to 5 digits and almost no natural enemies, it is a stable population. .
Does Western Dragon love gold coins? Do not love. In their social system, gold and silver jewelry is useless. The reason why they are hoarding gold coins crazy, is mainly to vent their anger , and then appreciate how humans can’t understand them, but they can’t get rid of them.
Of course, Western Dragon does like bling bling things,The gold coin meets this feature, and the edges and corners of the gold coin fit the dragon scales. Sleeping on it is as comfortable as a person lying on a Simmons .
Finally, let’s talk about the "extinction" of the western dragon.
Unfortunately, the western dragon was largely extinct in the late 18th century, but it is not ruled out that a very small number of individuals hid off the beaten track.
We all know that in the 1860s, the industrial revolution of ignited the first span3span industry in central England, and the first span3span industry began to develop in central England. This time possesses the military capital to completely suppress the dragon clan.
In order to ensure that the enclosure movement and the process of industrialization are not disturbed, the Western world decided to wipe out the "dragon tribes" entrenched in the European continent, and a bloody "dragon slaying movement" began.
Due to the scarcity of western dragon populations,So under the attack of steel and gunpowder, he quickly withdrew from the stage of history. The noble lords not only obtained a large amount of land, but also recovered a huge amount of stolen money from the dragon clan.
Decades later, on the North American continent on the other side of the earth, another planned mass extinction for a single species began.
This time, in the face of more advanced killing methods, North American bison took less than a century and dropped from 65 million to less than 1,000.
The skull of the North American bison
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