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Re: just out of curiosity (and out of bordome)


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Posted by ingo on August 13, 2002 at 08:32:32:

In Reply to: just out of curiosity (and out of bordome) posted by thefiradragon on August 09, 2002 at 01:50:30:

Hm....unusual Q. But there in fact IS kinda answer: When the genus Draco was originally described, it received this name since Linnaeus, who described Draco volans himself, beleived that those tiny "flying" lizards were just hatchlings of your mythological dragon.
So: The mythological dragon IS out there gliding through south east asias jungles ;-)

Ci@o

Ingo





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