I love the magical and mythical, and I do believe that there is some truth in all myths. Could this be the proof that dragons could have existed?
Reachers found fossils in Australia that might be, "The closest thing we have to a real life dragon," according to Tim Richards from University of Queensland. They named this new species Thapunngaka shawi; it is a large creature with a mouth like a spear containing razor sharp teeth and has an over 20-foot wing span. It doesn't breathe fire, so that might be the only thing keeping it from being an actual dragon. This make me wonder if this is the creature that inspired all those stories of dragons. Here is a concept drawing of what it looked like, so fearsome looking.
It's funny how the universe works, I heard about this fossil discovery after I watched the Europe episode of the Seven World, One Plant documentary, where they talked about baby dragons, Olms. These are the closest living thing to dragons on the plant. They are absolutely incredible, they can come on land, but they live down in deep caverns. Food is hard to come by that deep in the ocean, but the Olm can survive eating once every ten years and can live up to a century! It looks like a pale Mushu from Mulan!
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