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Message: <blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 2173927" data-attributes="member: 945">I watched that Discovery channel (or was it Animal Planet?) show about Dragons "A fantasy made real". In it, they applied science to the concept of a dragon and attempted to explain how they might have existed in the real world, and how they could fly and breathe fire. They showed real nature examples of some of the bizarre things that nature does to survive. I didn't care for their explanation on breathing fire. Their theory was that the dragon had a hydrogen bladder in their body, and digested food was converted to hydrogen. To fly, they filled their sacks full, and it lessened the weight of the creature. To breathe fire, they released the hydrogen. To ignite it, the creature had to munch of platinum, which it would find as raw ore in the mountaintops. The hydrogen and platinum reacted and caused fire. But in talking, they mentioned the Bombardier beetle. Apparently it can create a hot liquid that is 200 degrees (F), and spew it out. Bizarre.</blockquote>