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  Damn never thought of this til now LOL that was part of my OG 6.
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  They are big but hollow and lightly built.   They are full of hydrogen, which allows them to fly and sometimes belch flames. >
  
  TIL the Hindenburg was a dragon >
  
  That's why their hides/scales have to be so tough. One well shot arrow and it's explody dragon. >
  
  That's what happens in this scene. >
  
  I’m always dumbfounded to think that’s Mathew McConaughey. >
  
  Muuuuuurrrrrrrrfffff >
  
  What makes dragons fantasy is that they aren't real like Goblins or Mermaids. >
  
  Being on the internet long enough I am certain goblins exist >
  
  You're thinking of trolls >
  
  Tbf that’s something a goblin would say. >
  
  Tbf when it comes to many insects they appear too big for their wings, which they have ‘solved’ through vortex use. >
  
  But don't flying insects appear too big for their wings mainly because they need less lift relative to their size? Volume (mass) ~ length^3 >
  
  Many flies, if I recall correctly, shouldn’t be able to fly based on mass versus wing size ratio. Research showed it was due to the vortices created by their wings.
  Again, if I recall correctly. >
  
  Not just flies, according to all known laws of aviation there’s no way a bee should be able to fly >
  
  I think they have found out how. Fast motion, a twist and rotation of a flexible wing is making the trick >
  
  Now i m going to waste 30 minutes of my life reading about it in details. Thanks >
  
  But dragons is dinosaurs, and birds is dinosaurs, so maybe they have hollow bones. >
  
  Yeah I’m kind of comparing them to pterodactyls in my head here >
  
  Pterosaurs could fly because they were like 80% wings and swol af. Six limbed dragons would have a hard time but wyverns (4 limbed dragons) would have an easier time. Also magic and all that. >
  
  Oh yeah with 6 limbs that’s not gonna happen- I was thinking two legs and two wings (wyverns) >
  
  Not only can a Dragonite fly, it’s fast af with them baby wings