What's your stance on bringing back extinct species?

[The Grand Nudger]

Not at all.

[Angrboda]

I didn't ask you.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

There’s nothing about dragons that defies physical laws. And no, I’m not talking about monitor lizards and such. You could have a realio, trulio, fire-breathing, flying, gold-hoarding dragon without even bending - much less breaking - the laws of physics.

And decent politicians are extant, you just have to look hard to find them.

Boru

Dragons don't defy the laws of physics?

Absolutely not. The characteristics which make dragons dragons are found in other species (extant and extinct). There’s no real bar to these being combined in a single beastie.

Boru

[Ahriman]

Dragons don't defy the laws of physics?

Absolutely not. The characteristics which make dragons dragons are found in other species (extant and extinct). There’s no real bar to these being combined in a single beastie.

Boru

But dragons aren't real.....right?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Absolutely not. The characteristics which make dragons dragons are found in other species (extant and extinct). There’s no real bar to these being combined in a single beastie.

Boru

But dragons aren't real.....right?

Not yet.

Boru

[Anomalocaris]

Dragons don't defy the laws of physics?

Absolutely not. The characteristics which make dragons dragons are found in other species (extant and extinct). There’s no real bar to these being combined in a single beastie.

Boru

The beauty of a fantasy creature impossible to exist is it conveniently didn’t exist, so there is conveniently no evidence to provide any definitive set of characteristics for it, like there would be with a real creature that did exist, so whose defining traits leaves evidence and be identified and itemized.

So whether dragon’s characteristics are all feasible in a real organism, as demonstrated by their all being found in some other creatures, depends entirely on what your personal opinions of entire body of necessary characteristics required to qualify something to be a dragon.     If some of the necessary characteristics are it would be big and weigh hundred of pounds at least and it can fly under the power of muscles similar to those found in living organisms, then that would be a physics violation right there.    being able to generate in its gut or mouth fire hotter than the fire used to smelt ordinary metal and having its digestive tract survive the ordeal ?   both would be quite unparalleled in living or dead organisms.

[The Valkyrie]

I'm reminded of an old Star Trek novel.

Scientists had created a Pegasus-like horse.

But, because its body mass was too large for its wings it still couldn't fly.

So they had to create a special low-g chamber for the creature to fly around in so the wing could be used and exercised.

[arewethereyet]

Has it really been explained to us why dragons couldn't/didn't/don't exist?

[The Grand Nudger]

Dragons obviously live in caves because they're big reptiles who need to regulate their temps...and also so that they can supply themselves with the minerals required to fill specialized bladders with lighter than air gases which, coincidentally, happen to be flammable. The wings and tails are just control surfaces and propulsion.

[The Valkyrie]