Do you think that dragons existed?

[thomasxc]

no, he's in his mid twenties. he's mentally retarded and bi polar.

 

[baywax]

I would suggest, as has been suggested, that the myth of the dragon extends from some discoveries in the distant past of large lizards or possibly remnant sea creatures that could have survived the bolide incident that scathed the Earth 65 million years ago and reportedly "wiped out the dinosaurs". Its conceivable that some survived, especially in the oceans, and lived and reproduced up until such a time that humans had evolved to make records of these anomalies.

Whether the "remnant dinos" had major halitosis and smoke and fumes from their digestive tracts, spurring stories of "fire breathing dragons" or not remains a mystery and pure speculation.

 

[baywax]

dragons visited from another dimension, stayed a while, then left. or so my counsin thinks

Sort of like honourable people and the Mayan civilization.

 

[thomasxc]

wha?

 

[baywax]

wha?

They've all come and gone.

 

[CRGreathouse]

I would suggest, as has been suggested, that the myth of the dragon extends from some discoveries in the distant past of large lizards or possibly remnant sea creatures that could have survived the bolide incident that scathed the Earth 65 million years ago and reportedly "wiped out the dinosaurs". Its conceivable that some survived, especially in the oceans, and lived and reproduced up until such a time that humans had evolved to make records of these anomalies.

Survived a thousand years after the incident, maybe. A million years after the fossil record -- almost surely not. Ten million? No way.

 

[CRGreathouse]

Sort of like honourable people [...]

They've all come and gone.

They're a myth, too.

 

[baywax]

Survived a thousand years after the incident, maybe. A million years after the fossil record -- almost surely not. Ten million? No way.

What's the reasoning behind dismissing the longevity of a species?
There are fossil records off ferns that still exist today. There are fossil records of insects that still exist today, though there are evolutionary modifications.