The Best Dragon (According to Science)

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4 жыл бұрын

Check out Extra Credits' video: The Origin of Dragons • Dragons - The Origin o...
We ranked dragons based on how biologically and evolutionarily plausible they are.
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Tetrapods: four-limbed (with a few exceptions, such as snakes which have vestigial limbs) animals constituting the superclass Tetrapoda.
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References:
Tennekes, H. (2009). The simple science of flight: from insects to jumbo jets. MIT press.
Azuma, A., Azuma, S., Watanabe, I., & Furuta, T. (1985). Flight mechanics of a dragonfly. Journal of experimental biology, 116(1), 79-107.
Habib, M. (2013). Constraining the air giants: limits on size in flying animals as an example of constraint-based biomechanical theories of form. Biological Theory, 8(3), 245-252.

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@MinuteEarth 4 жыл бұрын

We had a blast working with our friends at ExtraCredits! Go learn about the origin of dragons in their video, it's quite the fantastic *tail* : kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLJopLaXva_TZIE.html

@alina8014 4 жыл бұрын

good vid

@kenzob.pmarrocos1745 4 жыл бұрын

*hiccup*

@LordBloodySoul 4 жыл бұрын

Just flew my Wyvern over here to get some realistic physics intake on the probability of Dragons existing for reals :D Thanks for pointing me the way, ExtraMythology/ExtraCredits :D

@Darasilverdragon 4 жыл бұрын

You may actually want to have a looksee at the dragons in the old Discovery Channel special Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real. They used special 'flight bladders' that filled with hydrogen from fermenting meals in order to effectively reduce the mass their wings had to contend with, and could exhale the gas through their mouth - igniting it by a flint-and-steel like spark from minerals built up on their rear teeth

@zekelyness 4 жыл бұрын

Except once you move down to 2 legs and wings they arent dragons. They're wyverns. So none won because you eliminated all the dragons.

@PRGME7 4 жыл бұрын

In defense of the enderdragon: it evolved in an entirely separate dimension

@thepacific2933 4 жыл бұрын

THİS MAN İS A GENİOUS

@korvix9536 4 жыл бұрын

PRGME7 HELL YAEH BROTHER

@idiotgoddess2114 4 жыл бұрын

That is true, so I think that would be a good defense

@newromanianmappernrm4420 4 жыл бұрын

Very True, also said dimension is made up of what is esentially thousands of giant rocks instead of a planet so în there gravity would be far lower, so the wingspan problem is also gone as long as we don't want it actually în The real world, as it's likely specifically due to what makes it able to fly în The end that it'd die în The real world, that being the far smaller gravity, which means it most likely would be too weak to hold it's own weight up and would be crushed by gravity irl

@thalmoragent9344 4 жыл бұрын

New Romanian Mapper /NRM Yep, makes the most sense honestly.

@faizanmustafa158 3 жыл бұрын

"dragons aren't real" *Sad Komodo dragon noises*

@atriox7221 3 жыл бұрын

Bearded dragon is actually called bearded dragon everywhere, in some places in Indonesia the Komodo dragon is just called Komodo, so rip bearded dragons everywhere

@AceofHearth 3 жыл бұрын

@@atriox7221 Komodo is a place name- as in the name of the island. I doubt people call Komodo dragon as just komodo.

@567secret 3 жыл бұрын

The tiny genus called "draco" is probably closer to real dragons.

@atriox7221 3 жыл бұрын

@@AceofHearth I am aware the island is called Komodo, but I have heard that people in that region call the Komodo dragons by Komodo and don't use the dragon part of the name, this may be wrong, could also be a small population altering the word kind of like slang. if the locals don't use the dragon part i just think a different lizards name could've been the joke, like bearded dragons.

@janssenlee3260 3 жыл бұрын

@@atriox7221 i'm from Indonesia. And confirm that you're right. We just call them Komodo without dragon. It's sound very weird when we add "Dragon" 😂. p. s. Dragon in Indonesian is "Naga".

@dantegrandia1990 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact about the 6 legged dragon. There is a lizard that glides big distances through the air with skin flaps that resemble very primitive wings. These wings are however entirely separate from any of its prior existing limbs. Pretty crazy.

@yourlocalreptileenthusiast Жыл бұрын

species?

@yourlocalreptileenthusiast Жыл бұрын

is it the draco lizard or flying gecko

@mancubwwa Жыл бұрын

Exactly. The wings are actually modified ribs

@Rahul-Jain Жыл бұрын

@@mancubwwa What if dinosaurs were dragon and we misunderstood their fossils as dinosaur. It is mentioned in Bible as well as in Chinese mythology about dragons but no where on earth dinosaur are recorded, now don't tell me dinosaur were 65 million years old, carbon dating method is already proved to give flawed results, it even sometimes give results like a thing would which is in front of us but will exist 1500 years from now. Radio carbon dating cannot show anything prior to 12000 years, as many catastrophe on Earth has happened which has changed the carbon sequence of nearly all fossil. By the way most of the dinosaur in your museum are just plastic and made up of cement, they are not real bones. Just think for moment how can someone imagine such a complex life form like dragons if it doesn't exist, how can something can come into tales, fables and stories. Most of our science is fabricated and mostly fake. geology is not what we are taught in school.

@TheMightyBattleSquid Жыл бұрын

I was thinking about this as well when they said that. I saw it in a video about pre-bird flyers and something akin to an ancestor or simply a parallel evolution showed up.

@sid1234213 3 жыл бұрын

I once watched a science show where they said that the dragons could produce concentrated Hydrochloric Acid in their stomach. Since they were always portrayed looting metallic treasures and eating armoured knights, there is a possibility that they could digest metal and produce Hydrogen gas. Hydrogen in the body could be the reason they could be lifted in air and they could breathe fire.

@RealRexRiplash Жыл бұрын

Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real?

@sflux4593 Жыл бұрын

That's a common misconception, dragons actually eat gold and treasure which is why they're always sitting in a big pile of it.

@Dan713 Жыл бұрын

@@sflux4593 don’t*.

@sflux4593 Жыл бұрын

@@Dan713 don't what?

@Dan713 Жыл бұрын

@@sflux4593 Eat gold.

@Deepz0ne01 3 жыл бұрын

Harry: "Look Hagrid, im a dragon!" Hagrid: "No. You got no wings. You're a lizard, Harry."

@benjaminmiller3620 3 жыл бұрын

Gah!

@rubsidudes 3 жыл бұрын

Shut up and take my like!

@khaos_theorem7842 3 жыл бұрын

You’re a hizard warry

@qdsw 3 жыл бұрын

@@akshaysalekar7249 that was quite the ride

@wilag8er85 3 жыл бұрын

This should have more likes

@dbfr2017 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like calling Charizard a dragon is just rubbing salt in the wound

@microska2656 4 жыл бұрын

Mega X is tho

@beepborp5838 4 жыл бұрын

Swampertstill though

@zeppie_ 4 жыл бұрын

They should've put alolan exeggutor in there as well

@PHiLLy2c 4 жыл бұрын

DBIYBIMWBIU it was

@rewrose2838 4 жыл бұрын

@@zeppie_ May I know what your profile pic is from?

@ptah956 Жыл бұрын

The Reign of Fire dragons had two-part bombardier style fire breath, four limbs, a keel, and massive wings. Really should have been on the list.

@thegoldentb7596 Жыл бұрын

The ROF dragons are outrageously underrated.

@tubekulose Жыл бұрын

True! The beast from "Dragonslayer" (1981) is a great example too.

@Just_A_Guy_Here. Жыл бұрын

I'm your 100th liker here & bye.

@analothor Жыл бұрын

so should the Wyverns of ark

@nailinthefashion 5 ай бұрын

My favourite dragons, cuz they were also like a plague of rats. Really deadly, annoying ones

@eminkilicaslan8945 3 жыл бұрын

"Which of these famous fantasy dragons has the best shot to be more than just a fantasy." Ah yes, Ender Dragon.

@ilovethelight777 3 жыл бұрын

Well Minecraft isn't technically real, so it counts.

@eclecticsoffy 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, a dragon that breathes magical fire (according to the death message of the Ender Dragon's breath) and lives in another dimension is the best candidate for a realistic dragon

@eminkilicaslan8945 2 жыл бұрын

@@eclecticsoffy Sure... and another small detail, she's pixelated.

@eclecticsoffy 2 жыл бұрын

@@eminkilicaslan8945 I decided not to include that detail because if Ender Dragons are real, they'd probably not be pixelated

@toxicdino8676 2 жыл бұрын

@@eclecticsoffy if somehow the first fish divided into two, one is a tetrapod and the other is a hexapod, if four legged, two winged dragons existed, are their bodies just as mechanically possible (like would it make sense?) as wyverns? And are the reasons for a six limbed dragon not being able to fly the same as for a wyvern if they are the same size?

@FioreFire 4 жыл бұрын

came for dragon stuff, left desperately, DESPERATELY, wishing that ultra-fast flying penguins were real

@hkr667 4 жыл бұрын

"Penguin Air 572-Tango, climb to flight level 2-7-0, heading 0-9-0, speed your discretion"

@valhalanguardsman2588 4 жыл бұрын

@@hkr667 AA penguin launcher

@theviniso 4 жыл бұрын

"We have lost visual on penguin!"

@graveyardshift2100 4 жыл бұрын

You'll never catch me now, Batman!

@valhalanguardsman2588 4 жыл бұрын

@@graveyardshift2100 thats a good one

@phoebeong6963 4 жыл бұрын

Minute Earth: Charizard is a dragon Pokémon Fans: Wait,that’s illegal

@tonyfalcon55555 4 жыл бұрын

I agree

@wookeattan39 4 жыл бұрын

*throws in a Charizardite X*

@Nekusa 4 жыл бұрын

i read this joke so manytimes on almost every youtube video

@yuukovukovich9996 4 жыл бұрын

Galar officials: No, it actually is

@prosackmetheus5409 4 жыл бұрын

@@wookeattan39 Gen VI called, They want their Mega Stone back.

@EndyDino 3 жыл бұрын

Minuteearth: all bony creatures have 4 limbs Snakes: Ima joke to u?

@gokulbalagopal1680 2 жыл бұрын

They lost their limb to evolution

@randomperson-fz7jz 2 жыл бұрын

@@gokulbalagopal1680 that means Dragons could also evolve to get 2 extra limbs

@gokulbalagopal1680 2 жыл бұрын

@@randomperson-fz7jz Maybe but evolution takes millions of years, and unless there is a really good advantage of having that it, it is not going to happen

@zoroearc2582 2 жыл бұрын

@@randomperson-fz7jz It’s much easier to get rid of something than to gain something. To lose something, you just need to have it get progressively smaller over the generations. To gain something, you need to start from scratch, which very, very rarely happens

@randomperson-fz7jz 2 жыл бұрын

@@gokulbalagopal1680 dude just blame evolution not me

@NoResultFound 2 жыл бұрын

I would say that the dragons in Reign of Fire are pretty realistic, which have some massive wings.

@eygon1330 Жыл бұрын

YES!!

@D.H.1082 Жыл бұрын

Reign of Fire dragons are fucking massive.

@CallmeKeyiii 4 жыл бұрын

Obviously the Enderdragon is the most realistic, just look at those cubes.

@dingodingodingo5138 4 жыл бұрын

Mudfossil university youtube now!

@in8187 2 жыл бұрын

Well you forgot to mention the dragon, that old serpent from the Bible, Genesis 3: 14, Revelation 12: 9 and Revelation 20: 2. There's a reason GOD said he will crawl on his belly for all the days of his life.

@pierre-samuelroux9364 9 ай бұрын

@@in8187..

@pierre-samuelroux9364 9 ай бұрын

@@in8187there's a reason bible not taken scientificly accurate😊

@in8187 9 ай бұрын

@pierre-samuelroux9364 only to close-minded individuals. There are many Christians who have their degrees from top institutions. Let me ask you a question: Do you believe everything you hear, or do you go and see what they say is true? Meaning dig deep for the truth.

@gregorymckenzie7511 4 жыл бұрын

Humans: "Flying things need a keel to support their *HOOGE* muscles." Bats and Pterosaurs: "OH OKAY."

@shockthetoast 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I found it hard to take this video serious when they immediately discounted a pokemon that is literally a giant bat because it somehow couldn't fly...

@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim 4 жыл бұрын

1) Pterosaurs most likely had pretty big muscles in comparison to their weight. 2) Bats still have some pretty large muscles compared to their body size. And he was speaking specifically about dragons, and by extension reptiles, anyway.

@Kimikashimoo 4 жыл бұрын

@@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim fun fact: "reptiles" arent really a thing. there's Lepidosauria (represented mainly by lizards, geckos and snakes), archosauria (the group represented mainly by crocs, pterodactyls, dinos and today's birds) and testudines (turtles) their relation isn't really that close and they aren't monophyletic so the group reptiles doesn't really exist same goes with fishes

@skaionex 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kimikashimoo fun fact: nobody cares

@nedinnis6752 4 жыл бұрын

@@Kimikashimoo I knew about the reptiles, but never heard of the fish fact. I'll read up on it.

@the_air_ocelot 10 ай бұрын

You have to consider forward thrust though, too. I just watched the bit of the Harry Potter movies with the Hungarian Horntail and it actually pushes air forwards, rather than backwards, when it flies, so it would move backwards.

@browneyeofsauron1244 2 ай бұрын

If that is true I won't be able to unsee it or forgive you.

@zappababe8577 Жыл бұрын

I like Terry Pratchett's dragons. They were created by someone's imagination in the presence of magic. The better the person's imagination, the more realistic and elaborate was the dragon created. Twoflower was such a pure soul, he conjured up a fantastic dragon 🐉 !

@realah3001 Жыл бұрын

This man must have had reptiles before

@wildcraftsw6284 Жыл бұрын

In which book did this happen?

@sapateirovalentin348 Жыл бұрын

@@wildcraftsw6284 the eighth color i think

@AlexArthur94 Жыл бұрын

@@wildcraftsw6284 That was in "The Colour of Magic."

@AlexArthur94 Жыл бұрын

I actually read that book recently! It was hilarious!

@Velhiibl 4 жыл бұрын

4 limbed dragons.. if only we a had term for those... OH YEAH WYVERNS.

@happieeyt 4 жыл бұрын

Wyverns are more like birds while dragons are more like reptiles. Also some four limbed dragons use their wings as front legs, so you can’t really call those wyverns.

@user-tzzglsstle585e38 4 жыл бұрын

@@happieeyt still, wyverns can act like dragons and even breathe fire (Check out TREY the explainer's video about dragon, and sorry I don't have a link cuz I'm too lazy)

@cluckeryduckery261 4 жыл бұрын

Aren't dragons with two wings and two hind legs called Wyrms?

@jordangarcia465 4 жыл бұрын

No, dragons without legs and maybe no wings(maybe they can idk) are called wyrms since they're..Well worm-like. Probably not the actual reason but that's how I see it

@spoilprin913 4 жыл бұрын

True.

@solumlupus9018 3 жыл бұрын

Plottwist: Dragons have 6 limbs because they are insects.

@benjaminmiller3620 3 жыл бұрын

If you are counting wings as limbs, insects have 10.

@Cam2Cat 3 жыл бұрын

that would be the biggest plot twist I ever heard

@Oddity2994 3 жыл бұрын

Dragons have 7. Arms/front legs Wings Back legs Tail

@Jorji_FCS 3 жыл бұрын

@@Oddity2994 Tail is not a limb. Most mammals have tails

@Oddity2994 3 жыл бұрын

@@Jorji_FCS in art it acts like a limb

@smc278 2 жыл бұрын

For science, dragons would have an enzyme that would breakdown water in to hydrogen and oxygen in their gut. Their stomach or a separate bladder would contain the hydrogen. Hydrogen being lighter than air and highly flammable would help them fly with smaller wings and breathe fire, but the more they used the hydrogen for fire, the harder it would be for them to sustain flight until the could recoup their hydrogen supply.

@prdoyle 3 жыл бұрын

It makes me so happy to see the Horntail win! What an amazing depiction of a dragon. The FX team nailed it.

@mattmorehouse9685 Жыл бұрын

Weird how a dragon from a series not known for its accuracy and realism won, over something like Drogon.

@al3xb0t2 4 ай бұрын

same thing with the skyrim dragon, i knew it felt very realistic

@nelsonfabianriosdeantonio6211 4 жыл бұрын

Charizard: looks like a dragon, breathes fire like a dragon, has wings like a dragon, tail like a dragon, horns like a dragon, but it's not a dragon.

@arocomisgamusclademork1603 4 жыл бұрын

Simply it's not actual Dragon DNA.

@Sle3plessNights 4 жыл бұрын

Mate, they all look like dragons..

@javieralvarez2787 4 жыл бұрын

@@Sle3plessNights Yeah, but Charizard, without mega evolving, is not actually dragon type in Pokemon it's fire/flying type

@Daniel-me6wq 4 жыл бұрын

i mean giving a dragon type really early is overpowered

@haruhirogrimgar6047 4 жыл бұрын

People have referenced this and joked about it for 20 years. Please stop, it is not funny or new information.

@jaredcristi5526 4 жыл бұрын

In defence of Charazard, he’s a fire and flying type not dragon type.

@kristopherblacklaw4404 4 жыл бұрын

The only time this has been used to defend Charizard

@Ahmadsaufi97 4 жыл бұрын

And the only dragon part of charizard is his claws.

@Silver19897 4 жыл бұрын

Jared Cristi and now we find he couldn’t even fly if he tried. Sad.

@justcommonvideos9038 4 жыл бұрын

Charizard X is a dragon type/flying

@mechatar1051 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah aint mega charizard x dragon type, and dont give me "but only in his mega form" bullshit, it is still charizard

@iPyromantic Жыл бұрын

I never read the books, but as an avid fan of the How To Train Your Dragon films and shows, I feel like I should argue a few things. They actually go into detail in the special features of the second movie about how each dragon produces fire. (And in the show, Toothless' attacks are called "plasma blasts." They're more like cannon shot, damage-wise, than flames.) Hookfang has a massive wingspan and only four limbs by your qualifications. The sizes aren't necessarily easy to tell in the way they depict them visually, but all of the main dragons do have seemingly appropriately large wingspans for their bodies, or at least far larger than most would assume. Stormfly (the deadly nadder) is definitely far more birdlike than any of the others, with the most visually obvious keel, and again, only four limbs.

@argr4sh Жыл бұрын

I also want to add that, despite the toothless being 6-limbed (which imo honestly isn't that crazy, as they very well might've come from a different ancestor seeing as the entire world is completely different) is the one I actually imagine being the closest to actually being able to fly, not only due to its relatively large wingspan. But moreover since it has been shown that these dragons actually do go at some very high speeds, justifying a smaller wingspan.

@samudralaanu3429 10 ай бұрын

Yeah. Stormfly and other Deadly Nadders or Barkthorn Nadders don't have wings in relation to their weight. However, considering the speed of a Barkthorn Nadder, they get a pass

@hobg5786 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much i randomly got completely obsessed with dragons so now i need more dragon content to help feed it and this did wonders

@ydnaslounge3651 4 жыл бұрын

We all clicked on this to say “charizard isn’t a dragon” didn’t we

@oddgodd2560 4 жыл бұрын

Nope. It is a dragon. It isn't dragon type. But it is a dragon

@shodai2054 4 жыл бұрын

YdnasLounge *screams in mega x*

@LyfSukz 4 жыл бұрын

I really did lol

@tkamhara 4 жыл бұрын

yes

@kaus05 4 жыл бұрын

There is a lady in fire red that teaches special moves that says that charizard is a dragon i think it was fireblast but i dont remember

@AnteJuneholm 4 жыл бұрын

This felt rushed. I would have liked to seen a more detailed analysis.

@culwin 4 жыл бұрын

"MinuteEarth"

@catonfire5010 4 жыл бұрын

@@culwin um, no, we take our dragons very seriously around here

@Xrelent 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, dismissing all dragons with 6 limbs felt like a cop out. Longer to evolve ≠ physically impossible

@livid7525 4 жыл бұрын

About mythical creatures compared to logic? Keep dreaming hun

@culwin 4 жыл бұрын

@@Xrelent #NotAll6LimbDragons

@happyhippoeaters4261 Жыл бұрын

You left out the most realistic dragon, Fatalis from the monster hunter franchise.

@salvadortoscano2534 Жыл бұрын

Oh, I have yet to fight him in Iceborne. I hear he's a big boi. SwagAxe gonna go brrrrrrrrrrr :P

@Anawsomeplauge Жыл бұрын

I was so glad to hear about the wings, so many depictions of dragons I see have wings that are too small and often don't have enough surface area to make sense

@chromiakocosmos8888 4 жыл бұрын

MinuteEarth: All bony creatures have four limbs. Mutations: *_Laughs in evolution_*

@vincenttrigg4521 4 жыл бұрын

Dragons could technically evolve on another planet if they followed similar evolution but the first to evolve on land had 6 limbs.

@chromiakocosmos8888 4 жыл бұрын

@@vincenttrigg4521 I was talking about how cats and dogs (including us) can be born with more than one leg. In most cases it is natural chamarism, but in others it's a mutation of a gene due to bad breeding.

@fantasyhaven3900 4 жыл бұрын

Toothless is the best.

@chromiakocosmos8888 4 жыл бұрын

@@fantasyhaven3900 Definitely.

@alqaadi9858 4 жыл бұрын

I get the “keelesness”, and the wing length are realistic boundaries of science. But when did we let thoughts be bounded by “evolution theory”?

@TheNewsDepot 4 жыл бұрын

Awe man, the Komodo is going to be so disappointed.

@Sarah-rf5rj 4 жыл бұрын

Komodo is the OG dragon

@ZachariahMBaird 4 жыл бұрын

And the bearded one.

@dirandrous7682 4 жыл бұрын

*K O M O D O T I ME!*

@ericsu0630 4 жыл бұрын

Just a lizard... Just a lizard... Just... lizard...

@dirandrous7682 4 жыл бұрын

A 10 foot long venomous lizard if i must add.

@Christa-op6we Ай бұрын

you always manage to cheer me up! thanks for the great video!

@Zodiarche Жыл бұрын

In games like the Monster Hunter Series, a dragon has always 6 limbs (4 legs, 2 wings) and wyvern are similar but with 4 limbs (2 legs, 2 wings). Did you researched dragons from these games aswell? Would be so interesting :D

@salvadortoscano2534 Жыл бұрын

And "dragons" are specifically *elder* dragons. They're all basically Godzilla-level threats, whereas wyverns are like oversized birds of prey that spit fire at you :D Plus use bif weapon to hit big monster. Fun times :P (Brought to you by a SwagAxe user)

@TheTrueSpyroManRemixes 4 жыл бұрын

I love how the best dragon is technically a wyvern.

@arocomisgamusclademork1603 4 жыл бұрын

Lacking battle.

@Renagale 4 жыл бұрын

its not the best dragon is a wyvern for it to even have a chance of being the best dragon it has to be a wyvern the moment he said it cant have 6 limbs there is no longer a most realistic dragon.

@arocomisgamusclademork1603 4 жыл бұрын

@@Renagale what about Eragon? That show is live action movie. Second, is that why live action Filmmakers don't want 6 limbs dragon in the show instead 3d animation and 2d animation?

@arocomisgamusclademork1603 4 жыл бұрын

@Melkhiordarkblade expect lack.

@andrewhrusovsky9426 4 жыл бұрын

@Melkhiordarkblade Ok, BOOMER

@Dodgerific 4 жыл бұрын

Minute Earth: Dragons don't exist Komodo Dragons: Exist

@jurassician3725 4 жыл бұрын

Yi and Ambopteryx: Exist

@dundee6402 4 жыл бұрын

Dodge Williams Bearded dragons: Am I joke to you

@movedchannels3725 4 жыл бұрын

@@jurassician3725 you just made my day, i knew yi existed but not ambopteryx

@NueUzrnem 4 жыл бұрын

Dragon fruit: am i a joke to you?

@movedchannels3725 4 жыл бұрын

@@NueUzrnem they're not reptiles. they're fruit

@obviously- 2 жыл бұрын

What about the How to train your dragon Timberjack? It has a very bias wing-to-body ratio, and even though it only has 2 appendages you can kinda see where the legs might Hace fused into the wings with little hook claws as remnants at the end of those wings. Though... it dosen't have a ton of muscle to pull those wings it still seems like it has a better chance of taking of and flying. I just realized you clearly stated which dragons you'd be comparing at the beginning but I still make my case for the Timberjack.

@salvadortoscano2534 Жыл бұрын

I think timberjack is a good contender

@tonynewton9972 Жыл бұрын

Great vid, made me subscribe... keep it up guys

@marxiplier4322 4 жыл бұрын

MinuteEarth: No dragon is scientifically possible King Ghidorah: Laughs in ET

@user-td3ke9st9m 4 жыл бұрын

Laughs in bidididi*

@ester1sk 4 жыл бұрын

all eye santa he hanya

@laranjaghirga5058 4 жыл бұрын

BIDIBIDIBIDIBIDIBIDIBIDI

@tifluvsu80 4 жыл бұрын

*LAUGHS WITH ALPHA CALL,GRAVITY BEAMS,ON VOLCANO.*

@vincenttrigg4521 4 жыл бұрын

Dragons could technically evolve on another planet if they followed similar evolution but the first to evolve on land had 6 limbs.

@tadhgmcgrath1409 4 жыл бұрын

Your ignoring their is a prehistoric genus of fish that has 6 limbs

@AnimeShinigami13 4 жыл бұрын

yes but did it survive to evolve into other species is the question.

@darthrevan5976 4 жыл бұрын

Wow I knew about the beetle but 6 limbed fish! What are they called?

@elgatitodraven7501 4 жыл бұрын

but reptiles didn't evolve from them :p

@TheRedTigon 4 жыл бұрын

Tadhg McGrath what was that called?

@Xrelent 4 жыл бұрын

@@AnimeShinigami13 But we're talking about hypothetical evolution (of dragons)! Thus we can posit a hypothetical evolution from a 6-limbed fish.

@sunnicivang1093 Жыл бұрын

My defense for 4 limbs and 2 wings are that the wings aren't limbs in the normal sense, but instead hugely evolved/mutated skeletal shoulder blades; call it "false limbs" just like a panda has a false thumb which is actually its wrist bone.

@SCP-4335MW Жыл бұрын

Didn't wings come from arms?

@flysoup3607 Жыл бұрын

@@SCP-4335MW Insect wings don't seem to have but every other wing has

@SCP-4335MW Жыл бұрын

@@flysoup3607 Yeah I was talking about the vertebrate's wings

@WhiteSwan2011 6 ай бұрын

1:00 it’s possible the “wings” were a version of the fins. Wings and fins share surprisingly similar uses.

@itzflame5523 3 жыл бұрын

four legged dragons are just Lizards with wings Wyverns are just Dragons With no front legs

@tom-ment-Capybara 3 жыл бұрын

YES

@corvus_da 3 жыл бұрын

The mythological origin of dragons are serpents, not lizards

@Logan_The_Mega_Dragon_Gojira 3 жыл бұрын

Fire Wolf Girl FWG Yup👍

@oneforthegun7178 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@alunaitor6957 3 жыл бұрын

since im welsh it made me sad that the red dragon aka the welsh dragon can never be real :(

@44r0n-9 4 жыл бұрын

Now we know how Daenerys got north of the wall so fast. Drogon was flying at 470km/h.

@arocomisgamusclademork1603 4 жыл бұрын

Almost 1km per second?

@44r0n-9 4 жыл бұрын

@@arocomisgamusclademork1603 That would be 3600km/h

@nelleneulmer5385 Жыл бұрын

0:18 I know it’s been a long time since this video was posted but when it comes to the believability of dragons breathing fire, I always suspected that it was originally a metaphor for how some reptiles, like cobras, spit venom.

@thunderlink317 3 жыл бұрын

That was entertaining. Thank you!

@zyibesixdouze4863 4 жыл бұрын

"4-limbed dragons" Just say wyvern it hurts

@loc4725 4 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing they didn't research this very well. Also no mention of the movie "Flight of Dragons", which covers the same topic.

@tochinomasuta4600 4 жыл бұрын

@@loc4725 Wyverns are completely different from Dragons, God the Two leg shit has to stop, I'm sick of everyone thinking just because it lacks 6 limbs its a Wyvern, its dumb

@xkilla911 4 жыл бұрын

@@tochinomasuta4600 Wyverns are dragons

@tochinomasuta4600 4 жыл бұрын

@@xkilla911 Wyverns are a class, they lack fire and have a stinger tail usually, they use venom instead

@j2dragon109 4 жыл бұрын

The whole wyvern mess is what really hurts.

@roset9835 4 жыл бұрын

Hearing that Drogon doesn’t have big enough wings, has me shook

@gatekeeping8528 4 жыл бұрын

Ikr and I thought that his wings were too big

@lorddinosaur9885 4 жыл бұрын

I too am skeptical about the conclusion of the video. The dragons look like pencils compared to their wings, in Game of Thrones. Plus, the Hungarian Horntail's wings are not really that big compared to its body. I feel like a reasonable factor for flight they could use would be mass as some of them might be too heavy to even take off.

@TheMisternono94 4 жыл бұрын

Take a bat, mutiply all it's dimensions by 2 (twice as long, twice as large...) and well... it won't fly... without going into complicated explanations, a good way to think of it is like when you double all dimensions of a cube its volume is actually 8 times bigger, meaning you would need to multiply the strenth needed to lift it up by 8. Another thing to take into consideration is that bat for example flap their wings really fast compared to what dragons usually do in movies, and dragons usually have a really heavy body (not covered in feathers like birds for example). So yes dragons being huge need to have gigantic wings to even have a small chance to fly for a short distance.

@roset9835 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheMisternono94 Yea that makes sense but his wings are SOO big, even bigger would make him even more intimidating

@kaibutsusennin 4 жыл бұрын

@@roset9835 its not big enough

@crimsonraen Ай бұрын

This is a great video! :)

@sansthedunker5685 Жыл бұрын

I totally understand that none of the dragon’s wings are big enough. However, they could’ve served a different purpose in life. Wings, although primary built for flight, don’t need to be just for flight. Penguins use theirs for swimming, some animals use them for display and communication. The possibilities are endless.

@kirara2516 4 жыл бұрын

Toothless wins. He's like a horse, a kitten and a dog all wrapped into one.

@naceandrea686 4 жыл бұрын

whilst looking like an Axolotl

@PhoenixKnight777 4 жыл бұрын

Damn science, he wins no matter what!

@E3ECO 4 жыл бұрын

Except neither horses, kittens, nor dogs can fly or breath fire.

@gordonfreeman7320 4 жыл бұрын

kirara2516 Book version is superior lol

@kirara2516 4 жыл бұрын

@@gordonfreeman7320 but.... you cant ride the book version. He's cat-sized, right? I'll stick with the movie version, thanks

@reaflor91 4 жыл бұрын

I cant believe you guys would remind me of Kiwi My heart is broken once more

@7head7metal7 4 жыл бұрын

Rea Flor All around me are familiar faces...

@lagle8 4 жыл бұрын

KIWI

@IdiotToonz 4 жыл бұрын

I actually noticed that, I'm sad too

@dyanpanda7829 4 жыл бұрын

@@Magmafrost13 KZfaq Kiwi! and you can cry with us too.

@HanoverrrFist 4 жыл бұрын

@Magmafrost13 Kiwi is a cute and sad short film about the flight of a flightless bird.

@Trevan2412 Жыл бұрын

I recall a documentary theorizing on how dragon could exist, and a very interesting thing they said was that they might have hydrogen pouches inside their bodies, like secondary lungs, which would serve both to maintain their weight to a minimum and as fuel to breathe fire. This also made for a very interesting mechanic, as a dragon can't just breathe fire indefinitely, especially if they plan on flying anytime soon!

@Piedrahumo4447 Жыл бұрын

2:00 oh man that animation made me cry when i was younger, that is a good reference

@arjeanriparip7969 3 жыл бұрын

Him: *includes Charizard as dragon* Pokemon: he is not a dragon type, just a fire type badass

@tribiliter 3 жыл бұрын

Fire and Flying

@ZWizard2.5 3 жыл бұрын

So true though 🤣

@unhodin 3 жыл бұрын

Doesnt have to be a dragon-type to still be considered a dragon. Lance, the dragon master champion himself says so in that new Pokemon mobile game.

@flaredemon9959 3 жыл бұрын

@@unhodin Finally someone said it A man of culture, I see !!!

@gracefulgiant8364 3 жыл бұрын

Yet altaria is a dragon

@s0Iare 3 жыл бұрын

In my defense of the dōv, in the elder scrolls lore it is said that it is impossible for the dragons to fly, so they use magic to fly

@ishashka 3 жыл бұрын

I'd say being a magical creature is a defining aspect of dragons almost as much as flying and fire breath, so this could apply to all the other examples.

@cadend6925 3 жыл бұрын

@@ishashka I'd say whereas a lot of dragons are depicted as magical, it's a little hazier than calling it a defining aspect of the creature itself. On one hand, dragons like Elliot can use magic, but others like Charizard or Toothless cannot perform and aren't really associated with magic at all. I think Solare's defense is justified, since the Elder Scrolls' dragons don't just use magic to fly, they have an entire magic system built around them and also use it to resurrect, slow time, call storms and meteor showers, etc.

@EmperorRahem 3 жыл бұрын

Gravity is definitely not the same on Nirn as it is on Earth. Gravity affects objects way too slowly. We'd have to study the effects of gravity and the square cube law on Nirn

@whatthefox7435 3 жыл бұрын

Is that mentioned in Skyrim or the Online? I think i've never heard or read that.

@EinhornBoy-qg9pm 3 жыл бұрын

@@ishashka In lord of the rings there are 3 kinds of dragons. One can't fly but breathes fire, the second can fly but cannot breathe fire and the last one (which smaug is part of) can fly and breathe fire. So I think it's pretty much up to the author to define what dragons are...

@thesaucylorax 2 жыл бұрын

What about adolescent Drogon/Viserion/Rhaegal? When they're as big as a horse? Or the in between? Would any of those be realistic if you ignore how big they grow? What about other dragons, like if you kept similar proportions how small would you have to make it so that it can realistically fly

@JoseR1207 2 жыл бұрын

Nice Video ^^👏 How about an analysis of the biology of oriental dragons without magic? In my opinion, due to its short legs and elongated body, it must be an adaptation to live in water (such as rivers and the sea), which coincides with its symbolism.

@jademonass2954 4 жыл бұрын

"a 4 legged dragon is just an iguana" **sad drake noises**

@otyayo7338 4 жыл бұрын

Sad Glaurung noices 😜

@sunnyluna5042 4 жыл бұрын

Ikr

@hush6149 3 жыл бұрын

Sad Komodo Dragon noises

@Attaxalotl 3 жыл бұрын

Sad any kind of dragon noises. two legs + two wings = wyvern four legs + two wings =. actual dragon four legs + four wings = Ihavenohekin'idea

@marcovalencia146 3 жыл бұрын

@@Attaxalotl dravern or the wygon

@WishedWash 4 жыл бұрын

Minute-Earth: Calls Charizard a dragon Every Pokémon fan: *IS THIS A JOKE TO YOU*

@amaledwards 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@vincenttrigg4521 4 жыл бұрын

Charizard X

@vincenttrigg4521 4 жыл бұрын

Wait nvm they showed regular charizard

@ccggenius 4 жыл бұрын

I mean... it can learn Dragon Rage, Dragon Claw, etc. can't it? It's basically a bitch-ass dragon that gets it's ice vulnerability the hard way.

@WolforNuva 4 жыл бұрын

Except the dragon type isn't really what makes something dragon or not. There are plenty of Dragon type pokemon that aren't really dragons, the most obvious example being Alolan Exegutor. Charazard is a winged, flying, fire breathing, horned, lizard monster; that is a dragon in everything but the typing; which is more or less likely a relic from Gen 1, where they were much pickier about handing out the dragon type.

@michazaborowski3610 3 жыл бұрын

0:02 I like the figure of Iris and her dragonite at the begining. Thank you :)

@Dausuul Жыл бұрын

There are quite a few fictional dragons that don't breathe fire, and thus trounce all other competitors in the first tier. Tolkien's cold-drakes, for example.

@Jess-pe8bq 4 жыл бұрын

Not all dragons use fire though! There are dragons that use other weapons, such as Poison

@betsegg 4 жыл бұрын

Komodo dragon!

@michaeldillah7600 4 жыл бұрын

Magical death spit

@kamatakun9055 4 жыл бұрын

Or hot plasma, maybe, lasers too

@NightMations 4 жыл бұрын

They can spit acid too

@TimAquila 4 жыл бұрын

or crystals that curse you

@456MrPeople 4 жыл бұрын

Minute Earth, you’re forgetting one important factor: buoyancy. If dragons can breathe fire, they have to naturally produce a flammable gas in their stomachs. Let’s assume that gas is hydrogen because there do exist bacteria that produce hydrogen as a metabolic byproduct. That hydrogen would be lighter than air so the buoyant force produced by it could be enough to offset the velocity requirements for flight.

@Fanatic_Foremem 4 жыл бұрын

Saminul Haque yeah, disregarding the biggest factor of a dragon simply because there isn’t a real life example of it kindof defeats the purpose of looking into the plausibility of a fictional creatures existence. Obviously it hasn’t happened in nature, otherwise we’d be calling that creature a dragon, the whole point of the exercise is to figure out how that would work if it WAS real, and ruling out any example that’s absolutely impossible.

@deaansugee 4 жыл бұрын

I'm... Amazed so many people are missing something so painfully obvious. RUMINANTS. Ask any biochemist with a brain for fantasy and they'll tell you that if dragons were real they'd absolutely have to be ruminants. Now I'll leave you to figure out why that is so.

@olymolly3637 4 жыл бұрын

@@deaansugee But dragons aren't herbivores... technically...

@deaansugee 4 жыл бұрын

@@olymolly3637 An astute observation but we're going to have to make some compromises here... No other way around it. Omnivorous, at least.

@Fanatic_Foremem 4 жыл бұрын

This video got me to look up the old mockumentry. About if dragons were real. Think it’s called.... The Last Dragon: A fanasty made real It’s surprisingly on KZfaq for free, although the subtitles are about 5 seconds slow

@josephchandler8828 Жыл бұрын

Just once I would love to see someone include the pern dragons from Anne McCaffery's Dragon Riders of Pern in one of these lists. As I understand it they are pretty close to realistic

@yaboysnakeslovecheese7513 7 ай бұрын

There is so many dragons in the series in HTTYD that has these traits that are scientifically accurate so yea HTTYd could mostly be real. 2nd. There is many lizards that glide with skin flaps on the side of their limbs, that could mean that these flaps eventually became limbs!

@ethantaylor8306 4 жыл бұрын

What? No Rathalos/Rathian? -4 limbs -A believable non-fire attack -A keel -A massive wingspan. That pretty well checks off all the boxes.

@thehiddenninja3428 4 жыл бұрын

Looks pretty plausible

@zerox8413 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah... I'm confused... Because Hungarian Horntail dragon exactly similar to Rathalos and Rathian but yet not mentioned 😅

@FENomadtrooper 4 жыл бұрын

All true, but that doesn't answer the real question: WHERE'S MY DRAGONATOR?

@Aereto 4 жыл бұрын

And on top of that, they do not just use their volatile fire breath (not a proper flamethrower like a Teostra, but a fireball that requires a special organ that holds hypergolic fluid that ignites in air contact), but Rathalos has venomous talons and the Rathian has venomous tail and body spikes.

@A.R.T.4 4 жыл бұрын

Capcom also takes real life biology into account when making monsters for monster hunter, so they did their research too

@teawrecks1243 4 жыл бұрын

The best dragon of all is Alolan Exeggutor.

@wadeconroy3467 4 жыл бұрын

@Matheus Fernandes exeggutor in Alola is grass and dragon type

@thelastcube. 4 жыл бұрын

@Matheus Fernandes that is why he described it to you

@Albert_Herring 4 жыл бұрын

Ancalagon the Dark...

@kyohan8432 4 жыл бұрын

Wahahahhahhaha so funny And some might dont get it

@LuiDen 4 жыл бұрын

If anyone is/was wondering what it looked like, just imagine a palm tree but instead of coconuts, it's eggs with derpy faces.

@tyrannosaurusrex4600 3 жыл бұрын

Forged in fire Doug Marcaida: this weapon will 1:46

@Voxen712 2 жыл бұрын

what about four legged dragons with wings that arent really limbs, like salamence for example? there are also some lizards irl that use extended ribs to glide, which also could be an option to fly and mega salamence may have big enough wings to fly?

@madmatt2024 3 жыл бұрын

The elephant or "dragon" in the room is that some of the dragons mentioned don't come from earth and therefore don't have to comply with most of those rules. Just figuring a planet with 1/2 or 1/4 of earth's gravity changes the game completely when it comes to flight.

@nargacugalover Жыл бұрын

@anooslord666 Жыл бұрын

or if the air in which the atmosphere of the planet is made of could factor in like if it was a mostly helium atmosphere it would make flight very difficult

@skrubknight884 Жыл бұрын

i also wonder that if the dragons with more realistic proportions were scaled down in size and weight they would be more viable for flight. like say, Horntail from HP, Smaug from Hobbit, Rathalos from Monster Hunter, etc, but like the size of a mid-size dog instead.

@xandertheupriser8600 Жыл бұрын

The most egregious example being the four limbs. Say that ddagons evolved from some other 6 limb bony creature ok that suddenly put a lot contenders for the rest of it but after that it mostly physics.

@Merilirem Жыл бұрын

@@xandertheupriser8600 Make them insects.

@danabinghammclaughlin919 4 жыл бұрын

*the flightless dragons in the crowd are VERY offended.*

@Battleship009 4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget ones that don't have a breathe weapon.

@zedeighty 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah! Where are my wyrms at?

@jariusreece1931 4 жыл бұрын

You think they're offended? The water dragons weren't even mentioned! The Leviathan is furious!

@hcox5595 4 жыл бұрын

And the lindworms

@danabinghammclaughlin919 4 жыл бұрын

@@jariusreece1931 Oh wow, you're right! Poor dragons

@apnosaurus 6 ай бұрын

Is there a link to a document where the calculated weights, wingspans, wing areas of each dragon is? They’re not listed in the video and that seems like an oversight for people who are interested in learning that.

@epauletshark3793 3 жыл бұрын

What is the weight to wingsize and speed ratios needed? How do I calculate that for realistic dragons?

@HHnothing 2 жыл бұрын

you can do a simple equation weight of the dragon (in newtons) should be 0.5 * density of air * velocity^2 * wing area * lift coefficient. lift coefficient is related to the shape of the dragon and is sadly hard to estimate. I would say maybe use lift coefficient = 1 as that makes calculation simpler.

@TortoiseBlaster 4 жыл бұрын

Dragonite: Fat Dragon Charizard: Technically not a Dragon Gyarados: Technically not a Dragon

@arocomisgamusclademork1603 4 жыл бұрын

Judgement for Design only?

@aaronolson6736 4 жыл бұрын

By design, they are all Dragons. 1 is Dragon-Type but that doesn't mean the others aren't dragons.

@TortoiseBlaster 4 жыл бұрын

@@aaronolson6736 it's a joke. And I said technically besides

@arocomisgamusclademork1603 4 жыл бұрын

@@aaronolson6736 Correct. Many Dragon type Pokémon aren't classified as Dragon species. Just much magical type of Pokémon.

@arocomisgamusclademork1603 4 жыл бұрын

@@TortoiseBlaster what joke? Many people spam comment Charizard isn't Dragon type Pokemon.

@ericvilas 4 жыл бұрын

The _pause_ after that pun. That was a solid 3 seconds of silence for it to sink in, even giving you time to roll your eyes. That was an _incredibly_ bold move and I love that you did that. Nice job.

@MilesToGo_ 4 жыл бұрын

Lol yeah they give us 3 seconds to question our lives

@jacklazzaro9820 10 ай бұрын

2:32 I don’t know where to look for it, so can somebody tell me what exact equation(s) were used for this?

@alphaamoeba 3 ай бұрын

I did not expect that reference to the Kiwi! video

@b3rnardblack 4 жыл бұрын

I feel like the dragons from "Reign of Fire" have been sorely overlooked here they have four limbs, a keel, a larger wingspan to body ratio than the Hungarian horntail, and even an explanation for their fire breathing

@RagingBlast2Fan 4 жыл бұрын

Great movie!

@rainbowosprey1619 4 жыл бұрын

I second this

@Zaxares 4 жыл бұрын

The Reign of Fire dragons might have been inspired by the dragons from the 1982 animated film "The Flight of Dragons" (which in turn was based on a 1979 book of the same name). In that movie, the dragons actually have fairly small wings, but the real reason behind how they can fly despite their massive size is because the dragons actually generate a lot of internal hydrogen gas (obtained from their diet), which gives them buoyancy like a blimp or dirigible. Their wings are mostly used for steering and propulsion, not to generate lift. That same hydrogen gas is what gives them their fiery breath; the gas is breathed out and ignited via an organ in the roof of their mouths that generates an electrical charge. The downside? Using up that hydrogen gas to breathe fire also robs the dragons of their lift until their bodies can generate more, so the dragons in that movie tend to use their flame breath sparingly unless truly needed (which explains why dragons didn't just roam around the countryside burning everything down willy-nilly.)

@RagingBlast2Fan 4 жыл бұрын

@@Zaxares How did they come to exist? I remember in the movie that they were discovered while digging a mine or something. What is their origin story, or discovery to be more accurate.

@Zaxares 4 жыл бұрын

@@RagingBlast2Fan The Reign of Fire dragons were buried (hibernating? I forget) in a mine shaft, yeah. The Flight of Dragons dragons took a different path; it says that once, magic truly existed in the world, and magical beasts like dragons and fairies and werewolves were all real. But then over time, humans started to "disbelieve", putting their faith in science and logic and reason. If there was no "reason" why something could exist, it would fade out of existence/die out. As more and more people started to turn away from the irrationality of magic and towards the logic of science, eventually the last magicians of the world banded together and created an alternate reality for all of the magical creatures to exist in, withdrawing there, and that is why we never see any magic, miracles, or strange beasts in our world anymore. Only in dreams do the two worlds occasionally touch.

@bradknightable 4 жыл бұрын

"Don't want it to drag on" me not paying attention glares at my phone

@dwcanhUwu Ай бұрын

In defense of Eastern dragons: many of them don't fly, but they swim instead. Many have four limbs and no wings. They resemble dragon fish, snakes and lions. I'm pretty sure if they weren't eliminated from the get-go they would make a great candidate for the most realistic dragon.

@salamander0729 8 ай бұрын

Video was too short. So good.

@johnwayne387 4 жыл бұрын

-"The Best Dragon(According to SCIENCE)" -Not a single Flying Wyvern or even a flying Bird Wyvern from Monster Hunter but rather TWO pokemons *Cries in Khezu* Edit:Holy shit,thanks for the likes guys!!!

@Hyper_Drud 4 жыл бұрын

Kushala Daora and Valstrax will always be the best dragons to me.

@saphiriathebluedragonknight375 4 жыл бұрын

Why not anything from Monster Hunter? From what I've heard the devs do quite a bit of research into to scientific possibilities of their monsters.

@Lucivius27 4 жыл бұрын

@@saphiriathebluedragonknight375 Too much fanboyism on their favorite "Dragon"

@johnwayne387 4 жыл бұрын

@@saphiriathebluedragonknight375 Rather than just mere fanboyism(which would probably be another lesser factor) the only monsters that could be considered for this video would be from those two categories because they are the only wyvern classes that fly(in Monster Hunter wyvern stands for lizard so you could say these two classes of monsters are the only true "dragons"[since this video treats dragons and wyverns the same]),you could also take the Elder Dragons but they aren't really that "realistic" since they are made to be basically the mythological creatures in a world where a living B-52(Bazelgeuse and Seething Bazelgeuse if you are curious) competes against a T-Rex that breaths the "Dragon Element"(Deviljho) that also competes against both the chicken version of Noivern(Yian Garuga) and a King Kong that can go Super Saiyan(Rajang) that also preys on an Elder Dragon especies which is a thunder unicorn(Kirin),so I don't really think the Elder Dragons could be considered for the video

@ryanhamilton8630 4 жыл бұрын

@@johnwayne387 So the rest of the wyverns on this list are ok and wyverns are dragons just like Chinese/Japanese.

@deemac3470 4 жыл бұрын

This guy: "Dragons dont exist" Gliding Lizard: "hold my flaps"

@NueUzrnem 4 жыл бұрын

Ya man i was just thinking of it. It is the nearest and real version of dragon.

@Purr999 4 жыл бұрын

Hi again kevin

@Purr999 4 жыл бұрын

I saw you in another reply

@NueUzrnem 4 жыл бұрын

@@Purr999 😀hi

@fawzanfawzi9993 4 жыл бұрын

Oh great. Another very original "Hold My Beer" comment.

@Slaking_ Ай бұрын

I feel like you could do a version of this video using only dragons/wyverns from Monster Hunter. I wonder how Rathalos would stack up cuz his wingspan is massive

@BluesnakeCreations.official 5 ай бұрын

Adter watchig this video i was very interested in trying to design the best atomically correct dragon/wyvern and i think i nearly nailed it, the wings wound have been too big for the canvas i was using lol, it pretty much has the anatomy of a bird, bat and allosaurus i used for reference! :D

@Rubyshc 4 жыл бұрын

Title: the best dragon Thumbnail: the most realistic dragon Me: *CONFUSED SCREAMING*

@thehiddenninja3428 4 жыл бұрын

Video: Most realistic What the title means is "the best representation"

@curseofgladstone4981 4 жыл бұрын

@@thehiddenninja3428 Of what a dragon would realisticlly be like and not even what it theoretically could be. (non 4 limbed but still large enough wing size. Don't know why they made that the first hurdle)

@thehiddenninja3428 4 жыл бұрын

@@curseofgladstone4981 Because these dragons exist on earth. And all vertebrates on land have 4 limbs. And dragons are vertebrates. The question is which dragon is most likely to have possibly evolved on earth. And I think the answer is mega-salamance: 4 limbs, 1 giant wing that is not a limb, so doesn't need a keel, that can be used for gliding, and lizards that glide in air are literally real. Salamance is literally a dragon that's literally just a big version of an animal that already exists.

@junsantiago5542 4 жыл бұрын

"Dragons from the eastern world with no wings are lizards" East Dragon: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!?!?!

@mohawk4759 4 жыл бұрын

jun santiago or drakes

@FortunePathVenerable 4 жыл бұрын

They said western but ok

@ChaosPod 4 жыл бұрын

No, he said dragons with no wings and no magical flight are just lizards. Eastern dragons fly on clouds.

@teawrecks1243 4 жыл бұрын

komodo dragons lmaoo

@aidanjanemcintosh6919 4 жыл бұрын

I CALL YOU O SHENRON-SAMA!!!

@jasondeutschbein8102 3 жыл бұрын

I literally never noticed the limbs removed from Smaug. I guess that must be a credit to the performance by Cumberbatch, I certainly was looking at the face more I'm sure.

@felixkadenbach500 3 жыл бұрын

Ive olce watched a documentary about if dragons couldve existed, and they came to the conclusion that fire breathing and flying despite their massive bodies could have been possible in nature with one simple trick. When food is processed, methane is formed, a gas that is lighter than air and easily flammable, we get rid of it by burping and farting cuz we dont need it, but dragons couldve saved it in a second lung where it can be spit out and ignited to breathe actual fire. I forgot how the ignition part works because I watched the documentary 7 years ago

@rysloth79 4 жыл бұрын

The closest thing to a dragon is shooting boiling water to burn its prey *Laughs in scauldron*

@MAK3L_ 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@exabyte686 4 жыл бұрын

Through its butt

@Praisethesunson 4 жыл бұрын

Komodo Dragon: Am I a joke to you?

@MeelisMatt 3 жыл бұрын

or Bruce Lee

@b00tt3r_5 3 жыл бұрын

Yest you are

@suratmansuratman9146 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, because here in indonesia we just call them "komodo" instead of "komodo dragon"

@jaschabull2365 3 жыл бұрын

Bearded Dragon: *crying in corner*

@narancauk Жыл бұрын

Marvelous . Thank you.

@adnaanu Ай бұрын

Does anyone remember a movie from the the 1980s called "Flight of Dragons "? It is explained that as well as wings, the Dragons use the gas in their belly, similar to a zeppelin to give them lift. It was an interesting concept.

@prosackmetheus5409 4 жыл бұрын

"We _could_ just remove the wings, but without a magical flight ability, they'd just be regular Lizards..." *Cries in Drake*

@urmom7338 4 жыл бұрын

Although Toothless is at the bottom he’s still my favorite dragon

@imthecoolestcloud4362 3 жыл бұрын

Toothless is also my favourite characters 🐉

@playitcoolman7820 3 жыл бұрын

I loved toothless so much.

@nwblader6231 3 жыл бұрын

Julya Flyer and it is another world so it would have a different evolutionary tree

@shahidwilayat7934 3 жыл бұрын

How do enderdragon Got there?!!!!

@garthor 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like Toothless got chopped super early, simply because of the 6-limb thing... But also the 6-limb thing came super early in the analysis so they could chop a ton of actual dragons out of the rest of the analysis... Realistically I feel like the keel thing is more prohibitive than the 6-limb thing. >_>

5 күн бұрын

I have my own dragon named Titania, she is 130 pounds, has a wingspan of 18 feet, 2 legs and 2 wings. She may be justified since she is on a planet with 80% gravity and 120% air density.