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 Post subject: Gliding snakes - the origin of Asian Dragons?
PostPosted: Sat May 09, 2009 10:28 am 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopelea

Some of these are found in India. Could it be that the 'myth' of the Asian Dragon (snakelike) arose from people's experiences of these?

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 Post subject: Re: Gliding snakes - the origin of Asian Dragons?
PostPosted: Mon May 11, 2009 11:22 am 
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That might work. It depends on whether the limbs got in the way, but I can see people mistaking a gliding dragon for a flying one.

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