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The images of dragons unleashing torrents of flames on the new series of House of the Dragon got me thinking: if dragons existed, what real-world biological mechanisms and chemical reactions might they use?

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[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Terry Pratchett already sorted it out; it's a little bit of a creative interpretation I guess but my reading of "Men at Arms" was that it is hypergolic fuel and oxidizer in two separate belly chambers and then they spray the two together and it ignites immediately in air. Like fireflies or bombardier beetles they just make the right stuff that they need.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Apparently terry prachett and I think alike lmao

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I always thought dragons would have two seperate pressurized liquids (maybe a fuel + oxidizer combo) that form a combustion reaction upon mixing similar to the bombardier beetle

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

Reign of fire went with this approach

[–] BasementParty@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago
[–] wraith@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Original article without all the giant ad interruptions.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That looks like an interruption.

You should use uBlock Origin anyway, for your own safety. Ads is one of the biggest vector for malware these days.

[–] wraith@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

I do, that's why I thought that site was less ad-riddled. I didn't even get that pop up.