Dwarf Dragons Found in Cloud Forests of the Andes : Discovery News

[Panich52]

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Three tiny dragon-resembling lizards live in the mysterious cloud forests of the Andes.

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[enlightenment]

1. Dragons have wings

or at least stag horns and a long neck.

Those critters are cute, in a lizardy sort of way, but they don't resemble dragons in the least.

Still, it's always good to discover that we haven't found everything on this old planet.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

2. They could be cold drakes

[enlightenment]

6. Had to look that one up . . .

it's been too long since I read Tolkien.

I suppose - technically (since we're already going with the presumption that dragons are real) that the little critter could be a cold-drake - no wings, no fire, and apparently no description beyond that from J.R., so that leaves the door open for imagining what we wish.

My personal feeling about it is that a dragon needs wings. And fire. It's damned difficult to wreck havoc on the countryside without at least one - preferably both!

My favorites, quite honestly, are those described by McCaffrey in the Pern series. Large bodied with long necks, sinuous tails, and more delicate than overly muscular limbs; graceful in movement; large wings - and fire breathing. I'm a geek. I admit it.

[Panich52]

4. No wings on Komodo's dragons

[enlightenment]

5. Also lizards!

[Shrike47]

3. 'dragonesque' is in the eye of the beholder, I guess.

I'm not seeing a dragon, myself.