Dragons

==== //Habitat//- Dragons used to be found in a wide range of habitats - mountains and hills, valleys and woods, rivers and lakes, seas and the sky. Dragons today can be found in lakes and rivers, ancient woodland, remote places and magical elemental areas. They need to have a natural space with trees and plenty of nooks and crannies, like caves. ==== ==== //What it Eats and How-// Most species of dragons are carnivorous and only occasionally feed on animals like deer, oxen and sheep. Some dragons eat fish. Small dragons tend to feed on small insects, berries, fruit and vegetation. ====

//Body Covering and Coloring//- Dragons have no body covering but their colors vary. Dragons can be just about any color and could have patterns or designs on their scales.
==== //Type of Appendages & Tail-// Dragons have wings, that are much like birds besides the fact that they are scaly and huge. They are hollow and lightweight, making them able to fly. On the end of the bones of the wings, there are spikes. Dragons feet have claws and some dragons also have horns on their heads. On the tail of the dragon, which makes up about ½ of the length of the dragon, normally has spikes along the spine of the tail and on the very point. ====

**Nesting:** The nest is made of woven branches and leaves entwined with gold and jewels that the adult dragons have melted together with fire. **Laying of the eggs//://** After a 2 year gestation period, the dragon lays 1-6 eggs, called a clutch. The ratio of male to female dragons is 3 to 1. The parents take turns warming the eggs and getting food. **Hatching:** 2 months after the eggs have been laid, the baby dragons hatch using there egg tooth, then immeditely eat the yolk of their own egg. The parents must have food waiting for them as well because otherwise the dragons will start attacking their siblings. A hatching is born weighing 80 pounds and is about 6 feet in length.

//Facial Features-// Long bumpy nose, big eyes, small ears
==== //Distinguishing Features or Habit:// Dragons have heighten senses when it comes to eyesight, smell and hearing. Dragons are most known for their fiery breath. They are also able to fly, and are recognized as incredibly intillegent creatures. ==== ==== //Historic or Cultural References:// In 9000BC is when hunters and gatherers began telling stories of dragons. Later civilizations began writing and continued telling stories of dragons. Dragons showed up in many fairytales, most people believed in dragons. Modern day, stories are still told about dragons. ====

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DRAGONS Faith & Olivia

 
 * Habitat: Mountains, Hills, Valleys, Woods, Rivers, Lakes, Sea, Sky
 * What it Eats and How: Depending on if the type of dragon is a herbivore or carnivore; herbivores eat plants and trees, carnivores eat deer, sheep, oxen, fish; smaller dragons eat insects, berries, fruit, and vegetation.
 * Body Covering and Coloring: Large, scaly creatures, blue ranging from dark blue to silver, & mother of pearl; reds ranging from copper red to dark red, and reddish black; greens which include every imaginable shade of green and yellow and even dark brown, emerald green and burnished gold.
 * Type of Appendages & Tail: most have internal organ or gland which allows them to breathe fire, usually only used as a defensive action or warning and sometimes during mating rituals.
 * Sounds it Makes: piercing shrieks, roar
 * Defends Itself: breathes fire, always come in pairs to attack, fights with its tail
 * Life Cycle: they live up to thousands of years
 * Facial Features: long scaly nose, big nostrils, large eyes
 * Distinguishing Features or Habit: a wandering creature, never finding a home, hoarders, always trying to find a mate, hoard treasure, always marking their territory
 * Historic or Cultural References: They have been traced back to as far as 4000 B.C. They have been mentioned everywhere depending on the type of dragon. There was a dragon/ sea creature feared for in the time of Columbus. There is a story in the middle ages about a knight named St. George who rescued a princess from a dragon. Another story is about a young man who fought off a dragon for the reward of the kings daughter to his master for marriage. In Ancient Rome dragons were thought to hold the mysteries of the earth & the romans looked towards the dragons as a source of knowledge & used them as a symbol of strength for their military. Some stories now are Shrek, Dragons of Atlantis, The Swan Princess, Hercules are the movies now that portray the dragon description.

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