The dragon's claws, giant head and open mouth make others see an alligator in its past, while still others, looking at the antlers on its head and its long body, behold an adaptation of the giraffe.
還有人根據它的四足爪及巨頭張口之貌而說它像鱷魚；而它頭上的角及長長的身軀更有人指為長頸鹿的翻版… …。歷史上長年以來眾說紛紜，莫衷一是；而最有想像力的說法，則有「龍就是閃電」一說。