Traits of European/Western Dragons...

[NeoN]

Just wondering what you guys/girls think the traits of Western Dragons are. Like do you think they had Fur along their backs or spikes? Do you think they were intelligent? if so were they capable of speech?

Just wondering what you think...

[DragonSummoner]

i don't think they had fur. just scales and spikes. They were intelligent. Maybe enough to a degree. Like to work together or avoid fights or learn how to cure themselves and what to eat. But the ability of speaking. Yes maybe with their own kin. Not with humans and other animals besides western.

[NeoN]

Yeah, I don't think that their vocal structure would have been compadable with our language...

[Dark Lady]

lol!
i bet youd see half a Knight hanging out of its gob most of the time!
i know that if some1 came to kill me id eat it!

[Rez3]

Scales and spikes, no fur.
Four legs, wings.
Intelligent. Can communicate with their kin. can work and live in groups.

[Dark Lady]

oooooo!
hark at him! lol
dragon expert extrordinaire! :D

[Rez3]

:lol: *Bow* Thanx! :lol:

[NeoN]

LoL, strange how we all think the same.

I also think spikes not fur. Wings that resemble a bats, and are intelligent and could probably communicate with their own kin.

What other traits do you think they had?...

[Dark Lady]

fire!
raaar! :D

[NeoN]

Yeah, I think they had breath weapons. I think that maybe some of them could change the color of their scales like chamealeons...

[Dark Lady]

Yeah, I think they had breath weapons....

like if they ate a cow...they could knock you out by stinkin you out with bad breath!
lol theres a teacher at school who can do that!

[NeoN]

LoL, all the teachers at my school are pretty good with a few exceptions...

[Dacos]

Dragons in discise? :D

[Dark Lady]

lol!
thats a thought! :D

[NeoN]

LoL, I wouldn't be surprised...

[Rez3]

Yeah, I think they had breath weapons. I think that maybe some of them could change the color of their scales like chamealeons...

Fire and stuff like that... Maybe a corrosive acid for ceratin species...

[NeoN]

Yeah, What do you think of the idea of scales that change colour.

I think they had it because a large animal would be very hard to hide so they would have to find some way of discuising themselves from their prey...

[Anonymous]

Like do you think they had Fur along their backs or spikes?
Just wondering what you think...

If you look closely at my profile pix, it has a blondish fur on the back.

[NeoN]

Yeah, like a mane sort of thing. I think maybe thats what arctic dwelling dragons would have had...

[Anonymous]

Do you think they were intelligent? if so were they capable of speech?

Just wondering what you think...

I once read that dragons can understand human languages, but are unable to speak it. And I also read that they speak to humans through sensations, or telepathy.

[NeoN]

Yeah I read that too. and I like to think its true...

[Crimson Dragon13]

I'd say they had scales, spikes, wings, legs, arrowhead tail, could talk and write....and could be good or evil....

[Rez3]

Yeah... Thier actions determine the good/evil thing

[Frostfire]

[quote="NeoN"] Like do you think they had Fur along their backs or spikes?
[quote]

I am a follower of dragon genetics. I think Draco occidentalis magnus , or the European mountain dragon, evolved thick spines on the back but Draco orientalis , or the Asian lung, has a mane at the neck.

[Dark Lady]

the asian lung is made from the animals of the chinese zidiac.
the mane represents the lion and the imperial monarchy(sp) of china.

[Brandon]

I like to think:
they are very smart
they can write
they have an undying love for music and peotry
And other things but these mostly

[happyslashes]

where did yeh get the idea of fur from?
ive never heard of that
thatd look well cool!

[E Drago Pazzo]

I'm thinking the classics, horns, scales, fire breath, 4 legs, bat-like wings, I think that are are intelligent, can speak, and can work in groups but like their space.

[NeoN]

Yeah, I would agree that they are more solitary than group oriented...

[Ramoth]

Yeah I guess what E Drago Pazzo sound about right, but I like the hair along the spines. I agree with Happyslashes on that it looks cool. :D

[NeoN]

LoL, well nature does evolve in ways that have no purpose but to look cool, just look at the Peacock...

[Rez3]

Lol. I guess you're right. They only have such big feathers to attract females. :D

[NeoN]

Yeah, coz the females think it looks cool :P ...

[DragonSummoner]

and like them for that. the bigger and the more color their feathers have the more they are attracted to them.

[Dark Lady]

O.O....sparkly....
ahem!
seriously, what the hell?

[NeoN]

But it does seem like an aweful amount of effort just to reproduce....

[Rez3]

What about humans when they spend AGES styling their hair and washing their face etc just to go on a date? That's pretty similar, except with peacocks it's built in. :D

[NeoN]

Yeah, and they go out and spend hundreds, even thousands of dollars on nice things for their companions, when that money could have been better spent...

[Dark Lady]

he he.
i spend up to £5.
GO THE BARGIN BOX!
oh thats a shop by the way :)

[loc_zsu]

heh well that was an interesting read.

[NeoN]

Yeah, I might have said this before, but I don't believe in magic or anything like that. I think maybe dragons could use telepathy to read eachothers emotions but no more than that...

[Shiori]

I do bel;eive the Western Dragons are the classical type. But maybe not as huge as being lead to beleive. Also what if some could change their form to better blend in.

[Black Forbearance]

I dont believe that a dragon would be big enough to swallow a person whole, but they would be big enough to carry a person on their backs and still be able to fly.

You know it's funny you say that, because a lot of the images we see in pictures and drawings and movies and such are depicted with the dragon having wings too small to carry itself, let alone a human. I mean, if you are one to discredit magic, scientifically their wingspan would have to be one and a half times their body length and decently wide to boot for them to propel their heavy, muscular bodies into the air.

Haha, I don't mean to sound like a prick, but that's the evidence.

[Shiori]

Thats why i do not beleive my kind anyway are huge like they beleive. they need the size and wingsspan and weight to be carried. If they were as big say as a t rex unless by some sort of magick, They would not fly.

[Black Forbearance]

well, I'm not saying bigger dragons cannot fly. I was just pointing out that most dragons are depicted with smaller wings than science would allow the to fly with. I think there may have been, or still are, dragons the size of small buildings, but their wings are insanely large and long.

[Koro]

well technically bees defy science.

(lol like some dragons)

[Shiori]

right. That is why I beleive that Dragons are not "huge" like a t rex maybe to me a Utahraptor size would be good with large and strong enough wings. When I am in "dragon form" if you will I am not huge. And my wings are maybe each maybe 13 or 14 feet long each wing. I am just guessing I am no pro at this. Also Dragons do need very strong musckles. But Dragons I beleive are not bulcky.

[philosopher]

Any large creature needs strong muscles...and some of us Euro's like me have tail spades. Oh and a basic fact, males have short, wide spades, females have long, thin spades.

[Black Forbearance]

Haha, I'm no biologist, but I'm sure there is a reason bees can fly with such large bodies. Lack of muscle density perhaps. Anyway, certain dragons can fly even with humongous bodies, and some dragons, like certain asian dragons, can fly without wings. haha

[Shiori]

yes I knowticed on my own "tail" iof you will. and Male Dragons I thin k are also bigger then females like me also. *blushes*

[NeoN]

There is a scalability issue with flight, if you scaled a bee up 2 fold it wouldn't be able to fly as well. Its the same with dragons and large aircraft, its why crop dusters have such small wing to body ratios when compared with jet liners and stuff...