Collection of Dragon facts

Even if you’re a zoology expert, this animal facts list might just surprise you. These are some fun facts you have never known before about Dragons:

1. The Komodo dragon is a type of monitor lizard, which is aggressive and deadly. They can be 10 feet long and use toxic bacteria in their mouths to wound their prey.
2. Dragons have never had a particular personality. This is unlike the unicorn, which is always known to be a majestic, peaceful creature. The dragon is sometimes regal and protective. Other times it’s deadly and destructive.
3. In most cultures, the dragon is always rare. There are never very many of them.
4. In medieval times, dragons were considered very real, but demonic. Religions had widely different views of dragons: some loved them and some feared them.
5. When giant bones were occasionally uncovered around the world (dinosaurs, as we know them now), people assumed they were dragons.
6. Some dragons have wings, others don’t. Some dragons with wings can fly, others can’t. Some dragons without wings can fly. How odd!
7. Most dragons are described as having scaly skin, talons, and slanted eyes, and long snouts.
8. They can possess many different types of magical powers or none at all.
9. Some dragons are small, house-pet sized creatures. Others are miles long!
10. Some dragons live in deep places under the oceans, others hide in deep caves, and some others perch on high mountaintops. In most cases, dragons live where ancient people couldn’t reach.
11. Depending on the culture, dragons can posses many different kinds of powers.
12. Dragons are very popular in China. The phoenix is a dragon that has five claws and was a symbol for the emperors in China.
13. The Latin word draco, as in the constellation Draco, comes directly from Greek drakones. The Dragon is sometimes known by the Nordic word, ormr (Old English wyrm means serpent — draca means dragon).

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