General Discussion

[quote name="BigB0yJENKINS" date="2023-08-05 14:02:09" ] The pangolin is a dragon. To me [/quote] @BigB0yJENKINS I was hoping someone would nominate a mammal! It really does look it, in that picture, with its body in that serpentine curve. [quote name="BigB0yJENKINS" date="2023-08-05 14:02:09" ] Also this is cheating because its literally in the name but the caterpillar of the common nawab is also called the dragon headed caterpillar for obvious reasons [/quote] AND an insect, how fun. And it would not be cheating, that just means other people think it looks like a dragon too. Wonder if this is mimicking anything in particular or just intimidation. [quote name="BigB0yJENKINS" date="2023-08-05 14:02:09" ] EDIT: When i originally made this post i was going to add hoatzins but then i didnt but i just looked at this post again and realized who made this thread. [/quote] Hah, I actually chose the username because I thought the hoatzin looked like a phoenix. I think the pheasant and the peacock do a better job overall (they've got long tails and more of that grace/elegance you expect from a phoenix). But hoatzins got the reptile vibe. [quote name="Apsple" date="2023-08-05 22:03:50" ] Although a very unique and joking answer, may I contribute the one and only Chicken-O-Saurus. The man made creation of a chicken and dinosaur. [/quote] @Apsple I've heard about this! (Seems a bit mixed results on how/whether the project is currently going) I think if feathered dinos had gone quadrupedal (like, walking on both their wings and legs) they'd make great dragons. [quote name="Tunfischhai" date="2023-08-06 02:44:21" ] May I offer some sneks for consideration? [/quote] @Tunfischhai Yes some sneks have a very dragon feel to them. The first one I think is due to the ridges on the back. And the snek's eye in the 2nd image - I feel like is the sort of eye that inspired the slit-pupil eyes a lot of dragons have. Probably helps that sneks are generally perceived as more threatening/scary than lizards

[quote name="ClaratheBlaziken" date="2023-08-06 07:36:24" ] Don't remember what it was called but there was a species of snake that could "fly" when the wind blew hard enough. [/quote] @ClaratheBlaziken A few people have mentioned they'd make good Wind festival familiars this cycle. The below species (paradise flying snake) is very pretty. [img]https://inaturalist-open-data.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/5941332/medium.jpeg[/img] [size=2]Photo: tommyswift @ iNaturalist[/size] [quote name="monkfishlover" date="2023-08-07 18:57:52" ] Frilled shark Dragon fish Rhino iguana Rhino viper Dragon moray Glaucus Spectral bat [/quote] @monkfishlover Heck, I haven't heard of most of those. The bat's head shape is something else. [quote name="bulrush" date="2023-08-07 21:11:22" ] snapping turtle, the mythical beast tarasque is described as a dragon with a spiked turtle shell but also uh... bowser i guess. if we're taking from french folklore though then lou carcolh would mean snails can be dragons, though that depends on if you're taking serpent to mean analogous to a dragon or just a snake. [/quote] @bulrush Have seen the tarasque but never heard of the lou carcolh before! That's pretty awesome. I'd say any serpent with horns/similar ornamentation on its head immediately becomes 200% more dragon.