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Post by knightofroma on Jul 27, 2007 0:18:22 GMT
I agree with most of the comments here, not sure about breathing fire to incubate eggs... Every other egg-laying creature in the world seems to do just fine by sitting on their eggs, it seems a bit overly complex to develop your own biological flamethrower in order to accomplish something you could manage just by sitting down... ;D
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Post by Lex on Jul 27, 2007 8:45:04 GMT
Perhaps but if you were to consider the dragon as a cold blooded animal, often living in cold enviroments, sitting on her egg may not be sufficient.
Or at least may not be preferable.
Evolution is a clever beast and perhaps a comination of things led to the eventual ability to breath fire.
I can imagine the dragon starting to breathfire to expel unwanted gasses and then realising its egg would have a better chance of survival were it to heat the egg with its newfound gift of flame.
When looked at like that, its not such a ludicrous concept.
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Post by knightofroma on Jul 28, 2007 22:02:23 GMT
I certainly agree that expelling unwanted gases is a plausible reason, I'm still not sure about the whole cold-blooded thing - most reptiles either incubate their eggs with their bodies, or create some kind of natural shelter for them - for example, bury them in the ground. I think if the need to keep their eggs warm was so great, they would adopt a simple practice than that.
That said, I agree that it could indeed have been a combination of various things.
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Post by DiamondTear on Jul 30, 2007 22:22:39 GMT
You should watch The Last Dragon, you might find it quite interesting, or you may not, hehe!
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Post by Lex on Aug 2, 2007 9:19:59 GMT
Its a good program. A little coincidental in places but certainly a good watch if you have the time to spare.
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