"Dragons" come to life on Animal Planet
 

http://animal.discovery.com/converge...s/dragons.html

This looks INCREDIBLE. It comes from the same people who did the CGI of "Walking with Dinosaurs", "Harry Potter", and much more..

It talks about the existance of Dragons as internationally known creatures of 'myth'. I say 'myth' because this show goes to discussing about how they could have flew, looked, breathed fire and basically prove that they theoretically could have Existed.

The site has trailers, sneak previews, snippets of the show, explains the species of dragons and so much more.


The reason I'm so excited about this is because My research paper back last semester focused on Dragons, and I made a point of showing a similarity between Dragons and Dinosaurs. If youre interested in seeing the report, PM me.


Take a look at this and answer this (serious) question...


Do you think Dragons could have existed?


*edit*

Here's another link for clips.. :D
http://media.animal.discovery.com/co...ors/video.html

Do you know what I really hate you US-citizens for? Your TV-program :D. You get all the cool stuff at least a year before the negotiations about broadcasting this or that on TV here start. Take the TMNT for example, the new series. Nobody has even heard of them over here. But instead we have to put up with lame stuff like "K11 - commissioners on duty" and "Big Brother - the village" (which is not supposed to end).

Damn you, US-TV!

(NOTE: This post wasn't meant to be racist, I'm just jealous)

And yes, I am interested in seeing that report. Dragons are most interesting since they could be dinosaurs who survived. Something like Nessie...

Beastiality dreams of teenie-boppers just took one giant leap to striking reality.

Um... mmkay..


I managed to find that pic I mentioned in my first post.

First, a look at a Dinosaur

And now... a Dragon (I warn you now, its very slow to load.)


Things that make you go Hmmmmm....

Yes,I beleave they existed,and I will watch it.

I second Anarky's "Damn you, US TV!" remark.

I'm a such a sucker for documentaries like this, where they try to extrapolate the existence of someone or something based on mythological and historical accounts. Its usually pretty fascinating. Plus, there's always one whackjob anthropology/zoology/history professor from Berkeley or whatnot who is so slobberingly adamant about the existance of so-and-so that watching them descend further and further into madness as the show rolls on is rather sporting. If AFN ever picks it up, consider this bitch TIVO-ed.

Also... March 20th = 3/20. One month shy o' 4/20.

aww... see, this is what happens when I dont get any sleep........ *fixes it*

Ooh, I am so all over this. Gonna write it the calendar (how sad is my life?) I love shows like this. This is gonna be so cool! :D

I don't even think I get Animal Planet, but Dragons are bad ass. I want to see this, but I probably won't. I'm terrible for remembering to watch stuff on TV, plus I don't know if I get the channel.

Awesome. Dragons are my favorite mythical creatures. I must see this.

I think so. There's quite a bit of evidence to prove so, although the discovery of fossils are few and far between.

Ooooh! This sounds pretty exciting! I'll definetly watch it! :D

I very much like dragons too! I find them so fascinating. ^_^

And thus you will also have my cry "Cursed paid TV channels!" All I have is PBS. Hrmm.... will this be available online anywhere too?

Man, I don't watch Animal Planet all that much, but dragons? That's pretty neat stuff. I might have to check it out.

Last time I viewed an Animal Planet special, I was completely let down. The headless wooly mammoth; frozen in a block of ice was not all it was hyped up to be.

Woah, this show sounds so cool! I'm a fan of dragons too. After seeing a few clips at that website, I'm amazed at how much work Animal Planet has put into this project. The dragons look very detailed, and move in a convincing manner.

Alas, I'm in the same boat as you, HT. No cable in my appartment... I might just have to wait for a DVD release.

Woot! Dragons! I have to see this.I'm especially curious about how they think the dragons breathed fire. o.o*

So, how many people caught this? I thought it was wonderfully done. Both the CG and the scientific explanation behind dragons.

I saw most of this and I thought it was great. DOes anybody know when they'll repeat it? I'd like to tape it.....

It'll be playing again next weekend.

http://animal.discovery.com/schedule...24&channel=APL

Animal Planet is doing a show on made up stuff.This should have been on the Discovery.

Dragons are fantasy creatures.When did Dragons become science fact.Dragons are science fiction.

I don't mind Dragons either.They just should not be on animal planet.When they are usually with Knights and wizards and all the other stuff that goes with that time period.

:roll:

I take it you didn't watch it. The whole point of the show was to examine Dragons and what they would be like IF they were real. It explained how they blow flame, fly, hunt, interact with other creatures, etc.

Interact with other creatures.

There would be no other creatures.All of them would be wiped out.
Dragons would cause destruction and burn everything.

Why would they hunt dinosaurs. Dragons Most of the time they are somebody's beasts of burden.

During Knights and castles and flow blown wars.

Nice ripoff of Video game music during when dragons fly around.

I think they did a very good job not only figuring out how dragons could have existed, if they did at all, but giving them strengths and weaknesses like any animal. Biological explanations of how any animal could fly, breath fire, etc.

True, we’re no closer to proving if dragons truly existed or not, but paleontologists and scientists are discovering new living and extinct species every years, so it’s not out of the realm of possibility.

*sighs sadly* i was really looking forword to this...but then SOMEBODY not metioning any name (coughcoughlittlebrothercoughcough) wanted to watch a movie. guess what it was? the Wind in the Willows! and he HATES that movie! *kills her brother* ah well, at least i now know that dragons may have existed. maybe someday they will rise again, burning New York to the ground and send out scouts to collect their presious stone of the night!

then again, maybe not :cry: :P :D

but seriously, i would've loved to see this, but since i didn't, i will still keep on believing that one day the dragons will somehow become real. i must admit the reason i keep on believing - at one time i saw a small lizard. so what? for a second, it looked like it had wings. i blinked. the wings wouldn't go away. i did a double take. then the wings vanished. so maybe dragons DO exist in real life after all

Ra, did you see my post saying that they're going to replay the special a few times this weekend?

sure did :D weird...i'm sure i replyed to this.....

You may remember replying to the PM I sent you. ;)

hmmm....but i DID reply to the PM.....i even hugged you because i was overjoyed and then i started searching for a tape :-? *shacks an angry fist at her computer* GOD DAMN YA WHOEVER MADE THIS HUNKA JUNK! *starts bashing it up* seriously, this old thing has been playing up lately. i think it hates me :cry: :evil:

LOL! I meant confusing replying here with replying to my PM. No big. I get that feeling from my computer sometimes, too.

Thank goodness they replayed this special! I thought for sure I'd miss it. I thought it was pretty fascinating, especially the idea of "flight bladders" to aid in helping such a massive animal get airborne. Very reminiscent of fish with their swim bladders. And hydrogen gas coming from symbiotic bacteria in the stomach? Genious idea. It definitely seems possible.

I thought the idea of eating Platinum for fire breathing was a little farfetched, but I realize that the show is just a "what if." I did like the way they linked that idea with the hydrogen gas coming from the dragon's stomach.

Totally went crazy when they showed the forest dragon, especially because it resembled the Chinese dragons. That was sweet.

Loved the fact that the show even covered the possible phylogeny of dragons (how they're related evolution-wise) with the water dragon being the daddy of 'em all, since the poor prehistoric ones were wiped out.

And, of course, I enjoyed the story elements related with finding the remains of a mountain dragon. Those pesky humans deserved their fate. :evilgrin:

All in all, a really great show. Pretty interesting, though I was disappointed that we didn't get to see the other dragons mentioned (like the desert dragon).

ahh....words alone can not discribe the joy when i heard the crys of the dragons......even though they were fictional :D

I agree! And I'm glad to hear that you got to watch the special, Ra. :D It was definitely cool seeing them portrayed in such a life-like manner.

hey, if i missed out on it, it would've been the end of the world :D