Science Channel airs Dragon Documentary

[bdewoody]

Last night the science channel aired a documentary showing evidence that dragons really existed. Of course it was a cleverly concieved April Fools joke and I enjoyed it totally. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em><font size="2">Bob DeWoody</font></em> </div>

 

[chembuff1982]

I watched a show about the history of dragons in cultures on the history channel. It wasn't bogus, many isolated cultures had similar ancient descriptions of dragons. They concluded that most likely myths arouse from unsettled dinosaur bones, etc or terydactyl fossiled bones. It wouldn't be hard to contrive the thought if you came to an unknown place and with the limited knowledge of the Earth's past you saw these remains. If you went to mars, and saw weird bones of a creature, you'd probably make the assumption that that creature possibly still roams mars, but has not been discovered. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> You may be a genius, but google knows more than you! </div>

 

[bdewoody]

I saw that one too. I still wonder how totally isolated cultures ended up with such similar concepts of dragons. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <em><font size="2">Bob DeWoody</font></em> </div>

 

[CalliArcale]

<blockquote><font class="small">In reply to:</font><hr /><p>Of course it was a cleverly concieved April Fools joke and I enjoyed it totally.<p><hr /></p></p></blockquote><br /><br />Actually, it wasn't exactly an April Fool's gag. The "documentary" actually premiered on the main Discovery Channel over a year ago. It's in a similar vein as a couple of other fictional documentaries they did, one about alien life (can't remember the name) and one about the possible future of Earth ("The Future is Wild").<br /><br />I must say that they picked the right date to air it on the Science Channel, though. <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><font color="#666699"><em>"People assume that time is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly . . . timey wimey . . . stuff."</em>  -- The Tenth Doctor, "Blink"</font></p> </div>

 

[docm]

Our then 8 year old was fascinated by tha dragon fakeumentary <img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[etavaunt]

I reckon anyone from Africa, northern Australia, or the northern Pacific and a lot of SE Asia, wouldn't have needed Dinosaur bones. A 30 foot long old lady Saltwater Crocodile isn't a cream puff, and what if it was the JUVENILE?<br /><br /><img src="/images/icons/wink.gif" /><br /><br />Maybe they pupate, and the Adult is a flying one?.<br /><br />Dragons put their young in the sea!.