Timeline for Could a dragon use its wings to swim?
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Feb 21, 2022 at 11:23 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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Apr 2, 2019 at 2:17 | comment | added | The Mattbat999 | @RonJohn is right. You are writing a fantasy story, surely you can bend the rules a bit. | |
Apr 1, 2019 at 22:32 | comment | added | RonJohn | It's mythology, for God's sake. Make it do whatever you want it to do. | |
Apr 1, 2019 at 16:41 | comment | added | Tezra | Since you don't have a swim speed requirement, my first thought went to sea-flap-flap dragon. Also, for "limited time" do flying fish count as meeting that? X3 | |
Apr 1, 2019 at 14:57 | comment | added | Starfish Prime | @Mark the discworld swamp dragons also suggest an alternative way that an aquatic species might be able to fly, by imitating a submarine-launched missile... | |
Apr 1, 2019 at 13:04 | comment | added | Mark | Considering dragons shouldn't even be able to fly I don't see why swimming would be a problem. The Guards! Guards! book from Terry Pratchett goes into great detail about how and why dragons are completely unrealistic and can't exist (while of course having a fully functional dragon in that story anyway). Unless you're talking of pretty small dragons ;) | |
Apr 1, 2019 at 12:35 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | You are not a big fan of How to Train Your Dragon, are you? | |
Apr 1, 2019 at 11:35 | answer | added | Ynneadwraith | timeline score: 9 | |
Apr 1, 2019 at 10:42 | answer | added | The Square-Cube Law | timeline score: 4 | |
Apr 1, 2019 at 7:01 | answer | added | L.Dutch♦ | timeline score: 4 | |
Apr 1, 2019 at 1:02 | history | became hot network question | |||
Mar 31, 2019 at 21:36 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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Mar 31, 2019 at 21:13 | answer | added | Starfish Prime | timeline score: 15 | |
Mar 31, 2019 at 21:05 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 32 | |
Mar 31, 2019 at 20:58 | comment | added | MarielS | I don't know much about the physics or biology of this kind of thing, but it seems to me the needed motion for swimming vs flying is different? You push "down" against the air when flying, as opposed to pushing "back" against the water when swimming? So, anyone please correct me if I'm wrong but I feel like the range of motion is different for these two things and your dragons would need pretty versatile joints? I'm also now pretty interested in this question, looking forward to seeing what the science-literate folks on here say. P.S. Welcome to Stack Exchange | |
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Mar 31, 2019 at 20:53 | history | asked | NadiraSpzirglas | CC BY-SA 4.0 |