Dragons: A Natural HistoryThe first book on the most fascinating mythical creatures of all, Dragons provides a splendid, illustrated panorama of these beasts in legend, history, and art. More than 100 spectacular illustrations show more than 30 dragons and are enhanced by a captivating commentary about their origins, appearance, feats, and fates. |
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Page 68
... feet ( 9 m ) long and around 12 feet ( 4 m ) tall , and it sported a mighty pair of leathery wings , with a span of 16-18 feet ( 5–5.5 m ) . Its entire body and all four of its legs were covered in scales , and each of its feet was ...
... feet ( 9 m ) long and around 12 feet ( 4 m ) tall , and it sported a mighty pair of leathery wings , with a span of 16-18 feet ( 5–5.5 m ) . Its entire body and all four of its legs were covered in scales , and each of its feet was ...
Page 76
... feet ( 3 m ) in length . Surprisingly , tongue , flickering out of its mouth in faithful facsimile of its mythical , fire - spitting namesakes . There may , however , be an even bigger , more dragonlike form of monitor lizard still ...
... feet ( 3 m ) in length . Surprisingly , tongue , flickering out of its mouth in faithful facsimile of its mythical , fire - spitting namesakes . There may , however , be an even bigger , more dragonlike form of monitor lizard still ...
Page 115
... feet ( 18 m ) long and shaped like a crocodile , with a long pointed tail and four limbs with powerfu webbed feet . It fell back into the sea a few moment ° j later and disappeared without trace . In some reports , the sea lizard's ...
... feet ( 18 m ) long and shaped like a crocodile , with a long pointed tail and four limbs with powerfu webbed feet . It fell back into the sea a few moment ° j later and disappeared without trace . In some reports , the sea lizard's ...
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Amphipteres animal appearance aquatic serpent dragons attack basilisk battle beast Behemoth body bunyip century Chinese dragon CLASSICAL DRAGONS claws cockatrice coils colossal creature depicted devoured dinosaur dragon bird dragonet dragons and serpent eyes Fafnir fear feathered feet fire flames flesh flying gargouille gaze George guivre head Hercules hideous huge hydra immense inspired by sightings jaws Jormungander Karl Shuker killed king Kitchi-at'husis known Komodo Lambton worm land legends Leviathan limbs lindorm living Long-necks maiden Marduk Maud medieval Midgard Serpent mighty mokele-mbembe monster monstrous Mordiford mysterious neck NEO-DRAGONS Nerluc once pair peluda Perseus piasa plumed Polydectes pyrallis queen Quetzalcoatl Regin Regulus reptile reptilian resembled river salamander sauropods scales scaly sea lizard serpent whales serpentine Siegfried sirrush SKY DRAGONS slaying snakelike soothsayer species suddenly Susa-no-wo swiftly sword tail tarasque tatzelworm terrible Tezcatlipoca Thor Tiamat transformed tribe Utgardhaloki villagers weewilmekq Winckelriedt winged serpents winged snakes wyvern