A Natural History of Dragons: Draconology (Part 1) 

Part two is live! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_ubTVWLE_mQ.html Which of this artist's dragons are your favorite?

Thanks so much for covering my project here. Feels surreal seeing my stuff on RU-vid, great narration too, can't wait for part 2!

Even in a fantasy orcas are still the dominant sea species

People think fire breathing is impossible, but they forget that nature already has a living fire breathing creature. People forget about the fire-breathing beetle in the amazon. A beetle that shots a chemical concoction at high speeds that once it touches oxygen combust into a fire explosion.

The funniest thing is that humans in that universe probably don't even see dragons as mystical majestic creatures and are used to them, same goes for our world, that already has a lot of beautiful and monstrous species, but for some reason we still dream of some cryptids because we are too used to knowing and seeing the real animals of our planet

I'm running a D&D campaign that aims to be a little more realistic and grounded than the typical over the top modern fantasy setting, and Draconology has really inspired me to introduce monsters that feel plausible and dangerous. It's a great project.

We are so fascinated by dragons we want them to be real.

I find it super interesting how they were speculative enough to invent an entirely new form of integument for the dragons. They have 'scales' but they're shaped and arranged similarly to feathers.

I like the fact that the Tiamat was portrayed as some sort of mossasaur-like creature.

10:28 The "Titan Drake" (Dirosuchus Maximus) is a majestic scaly critter, I imagine this drake as a deity in the world of Draconia and would have been voiced by "Liam Neeson" who voiced the great lion "Aslan" from C.S. Lewis The Chronicles of Narnia, Also I've gave this particular drake an individual name, I named him "Igby".

Just an idea, could Dragons use their flame breath as a way to create small updrafts that the dragon uses to rise and aid their heavy body

A long time ago there was a "documentary" called The Last Dragon. It was about a couple of paleologis caught in a cave and find Dragon fossils. They explain all the features of dragon's with biology.

My idea about the Asian Dragon is that they are actually a giant relative of Paradise Flying Snake that is fully capable of flight not just gliding.

Humans did live with reptilian megafauna, we also wiped them into extinction, they were the megalania, almost the exact same as the ones seen in ark survival evolved, with some differences of course.

i have always loved dragons and i knew all the types of classifications. i thank the you for this video and the person who made this project. it has made my day and is really interesting. i do really wish dragons where real and possibly able to be befriended and we humans have a symbiotic relationship with them makinfg us having a beastly pet. like how dogs are like

I always thought dragons had 4 legs and wings on their backs and wyverns had 4 legs but their wings were attached to their front legs.

The fact that somehow dragons were talked about by like everyone across the world Makes me think something about them has to be real.

You should voice a documentary or have a podcast. Best voice ever

Imagine a survival game where you can play as dragons just like these

Wow!! Is like if Httyd whas mixted with Monster Hunter!! But More diverse, deep and natural!! Simply Marvelous!! Thank you!! Part 2 here whe go!! I love Bestiaries and speculative Evolution!! Yay!!

I'm not sure if it's related but there was a series of books that included one called dragonology where it goes deep into speculative biology of dragons, including things like fake scales, feathers and skin.

I mean… if some of these can be defined as dragons, then so can mosasaurs, salt water crocodiles and azhdarchids

i always like the idea that dragons were real and driven extinct, it would make sense given all the stories of them being slayed, or prized for their hides.

7:05 just a small correction, Iara is pronouced with a propper I, not the english (ai), but the equivalent of (ee), it would be like (eeara)

I would love to see a survival game created off this with these models 😂❤

The Mountain Devil's size and height make it as tall as a Quetzalcoatlus Northropi, but without the hollow bones. It makes sense that it hunts in lowlands because if it were a sky-based aquatic creature hunter, the amount of drag (pun intended) it would have to contend with would be massive.

What's the story behind the alternative World Map? That could be a series on its own.

Dinosaur bones found throughout the world like the t-rex skull has influenced ancient peoples in myths of dragons

I found this video to be very cool. And the artwork renditions to be absolutely worth even pausing the video so i could take it all in.

Imagine you make theories about dragons for months and then you forget about it and suddenly you see that on RU-vid. This is awesome

Holy shell this was a sick and incredible video. Well done! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 The design of these are sooo cool!!

This is amazing. I can't wait for part 2!!

Curious Archive: This looks familiar.

Yeah!

Doesn't dragon just mean large lizard. If there was a large lizard that breathed fire, with all the tales of nights killing them, it's safe to say they were killed off.

Dude, it's such a shame that no gaming company decided to make a video game with this concept (or at least a movie) .... It's such a expansive worldbuilding that even avatar can feel ashamed at some point...

See, I don't know that it's realistic, but I like the idea of the fire-breathing organ being flexible enough to adapt to different environments, so that for instance, the sea drakes could replace fire breathing with a stunning sonic cry. Still, I enjoy how well-thought-out this all is.

I’m looking forward to part 2!

i remember watching a show that was called something along the lines "dragons a fantasy made real" where it followed a documentary style show that delved into how dragons would be if they were real. first off the common european dragon couldnt exist so they used the wyvern(winged front limbs) that had lived during the time of the dinosaurs (i forgot the details beyond that on how it survived the extinction event) as for the details on its biology it has cartilage bones and a second pair of lungs that act like a swim bladder but for flight. the 2nd pair of lungs hold helium made by bacteria in their guts. as for the fire breathing they use the helium in the flight bladder along with platinum. the chew it with flat teeth in the back of the mouth and this gave the reason they are known to like shiny objects. to keep the fire from going back into their throat they have a flap like alligators and crocodiles have to keep water out. they need the helium to fly so they only use fire in a last resort. it also covered the japanese and chinese dragons evolving to be long and slender losing their wings as their habitat was the bambo forests and rivers with their number of toes changing between them to explain why one version has more/less toes vs the other these are the only details i remember i cant find the show anywhere sadly

They actually had an documentary of this once

All this fancy science work, but somehow the simple lack of understanding that BURNING MEAT and COOKING MEAT is not the same...

At 8:06 the transmission to the pain promotion from the video topic is very smooth

Looking through this comment section I was surprised that there was no snobbish knowitall saying ‘The eudraconians are actually wyverns not dragons’ Although, it will probably happen eventually.

Cant wait for part 2 also how many parts will this series be

The denwen dragon is definitely the best one, looks wise and abilities

I love dragons very much especially the True Dragons that are like the most iconic alongside the Kirin and Titan Drake

Dungeons and Dragons players when he mentioned tiamat: WHY DOES IT HAVE ONE HEAD IT SHOULD HAVE FIVE

I feel like dragons should be like as smart as parrots or even elephants.

Thank you very much for video. The magic of Dragons will always live on!!!

One sort of science nerd thing about breathing fire. As a method of cooking, using a liquid fuel would require an extreme amount of it to do any significant heating, even extreme heat like described here. Water is amazingly resiliant to heating. Also, for a creature big enough to be their prey, it would be necessary to butcher it in order to cook the meat without totally immolating it and transforming a lot of the caloric content into gas. I think it is indeed not impossible by the miracles of nature for an animal to develop the ability to breath fire. Nature does frankly more ridiculous things than that all the time. It's merely that fire is not a calorically reasonable adaptation to ever be useful.

Okay, okay, let's give this a try, my guy.

I love how dragons here are hunted by real life animals. Seems like the marine dragons aren't invincible, the wicked orcas are.

Seriously made my day thank y’all💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

One visited me in a dream and brought me a message of goodness there were no wings it was a slifer but I have never had a dream of a dragon before or after that in my entire life

I don't know if there is a podcast for these type of things or if the creator themselves has a podcast for these types of topics like biology, but I'd like to see a podcast be made and I bet others would as well, will keep in touch if I find a podcast on it

The merfolk made me giggle with joy

I love this. Love your voice. Thank you for this

16:59 aside from being a powerful weapon, awesome display and a good culinary tool; I think it can also assist in flight by using the heat of the flames to go higher. basically they could be using their fire breath to create their own thermal winds to maintain long flights.

Keep making these

“Dear traveler” just reminds me of Willy Wonka saying “dear children” and now I can’t get it out of my head

So honest question, sea Trolls we’re named bc of their similarity to terrestrial trolls, would that mean trolls are primatomorphs as well?

awesome video NICE JOB

This is Awesome

This is sooo cool and so much fun.

Oh by the way Mr. Potato (not to be confused with Mr. Potato head) if you're doing part 2 soon, we need to know if you're still doing Andy Frazer Dragons of Wales because you said "I have a feeling we'll be coming back to Wales very soon" Because Andy Frazer has released a new book titled "Dragons of Deep Time".

OMGOODNESS...I love the Green Dragonette 💗 so cute.

14:47 What about spliting nitroglicerine Because its aiquid explosive if its put in agression or hight and excesive movement and if its hunting that could make the liquid in a superfice of a living being explodes setting them a blaze

thank you for youre amazing work

the forest drake reminds me of a giant salamander

It seems silly to say this, but every time I see a feathered dinosaur I am reminded of artistic representations of dragons in the Middle Ages. A simple search, very simplistic, even on Google Image, to make comparisons. However, in place of ears and horns, manes, bristles, and crests may be used (certain species of owls, for example). Who knows, it might be a real creature that inspired the legends; Evolution is multilinear, dinosaurs gave rise to birds; and, perhaps, some surviving dinosaur species must have stayed side by side for some time.

Due to the fragility of a leather membrane, I was expecting the true dragon to be fethered

This was very interesting:)

I'd love a deeper dive (no pun intended) into those colugo-descended merfolk. =)

I love the piano music that was played. Does anyone know what song it is and the person playing it?

Just saying that that the central Atlantic island seen on the world map at the beginning has the potential to be a major European power.

Love the video .. thanks 💯

As was pointed out before in stories trying to create dragons that make sense; a diet that would produce a lot of methane plus an organ like those on electric eels that produce the electricity means you’ve got an igniter and fuel…you’ve got fire breath.

This is just awesome 🙏 Yes there are Dragons across world cultures and histories. Maybe if there was a stage between Dinosauria and birds like the raptors which may have morphed into larger varieties and whom may 'not' have breathed fire can still be considered to fit the description of dragons. So if the accounts are true, these raptor creatures existed in the early C.Es and the B.C.Es ?? That's an amazing find actually with all the fossils lying around and being discovered in different formations around the world. Remember studying about a raptor that could morph it's feathery limbs into wings to glide and fly a distance and then return to normal form ! These creatures may have been there (some species) during time of early humans. That explains a lot. Thank you.

You probably already know, but nontheless I think I should comment that the Iara (actually pronounced like "ee-ara") is based on a mermaid/nymph from brazilian folklore. It's always nice to see refferences to our country on big stuff like this.

Sea serpents are basically mosasaurus

WOW! GREAT INFORMATION. I love dragon's. Thank you for teach people about dragon's.

😱😍 I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL !!

hey make a part 2! right now!

That is so cool!!

This is interesting👍

Wait, y was the next episode not the continuation of this?

When "cooking" their food, do they use purely their own pyrogenesis, or do they create some kind of bonfire and use their pyrogenesis to ignite that which cooks their food? Because the former would be extremely calorically wasteful, but the latter would require a significant amount of intelligence and dedicated preparation for almost any animal to pull off.

My question is would an acid spitter drake b possible in this au?

Most youtubers on this subject: Just complaining that dragons don't give a shit what humans consider scientifically possible and are depicted as being difficult to defeat. Thought Potato: Creates an entire world.

Talks about mermaids, proceeds to show a picture of a seal lol

I love how, even here, orcas are still deadly af 💀💀

1:32 *I see what you did there,Fuse -kun*

I watched ONE video and heard him say “you matter.” Now I’m binging just to hear it over and over 😭

Wonder which one of them can be tameable or even domestic

I love dragons! (Unpopular opinion) dragons are just early mans depiction of dinosaurs

I know your stuff can't be real but I like it

As a Dungeons and Dragons fan, it just feels wrong for a sea serpent to get the title of Tiamat. Tiamat, in D&D, is the five headed draconic god of Chromatic dragons, (ie; red, blue, green, black and white) trapped in the Nine Hells. Tiamat has a Wyvern's tail, which ends in a vicious spike that is full of poison strong enough to rot flesh away in seconds. Each of her five heads breaths a different Element. Fire, Ice, Lightning, Poison gas, and Acid. She eats any of her children she doesn't like, and makes more children with any of them she does like, so yikes. Seeing that name on a particularly grouchy sea serpent is like naming a pug breed after Cerberus

1:48 *Laughs in How to Train your Dragon books*

Not a fan of dragons, but this is well made. A believeable explanation why fire breathing could develop naturally. Considering electric eels exist, even a lightning subspecies becomes plausible. What is a ball lightning, but highly electrically charged ionized gas? Paired with how bioluminescence works, all kinds of 'breath weapons' become plausible.

I, as a Wyvern see this video as an absolute win