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No. NOT a dragon. A dragon has four legs and two wings, giving it six limbs. There are NO six limbed vertebrates on earth.

A wyvern has two legs and two wings making it a quadruped, like all other vertebrates.

A much more probable critter, the wyvern...

100 posted on 04/08/2005 7:24:12 AM PDT by null and void (innocent, incapacitated, inconvenient, and insured - a lethal combination for Terri...)

Now my uber-geekness comes about:

Dragons don't have to have four legs AND wings. St. George's Dragon has several images of only 2 legs and 2 wings. Chinese dragons are said to have only 4 legs and no wings.

Also, Dragons are more probable given the fact that there ARE giant lizards with nearly acidic breath (one bite and you'll lose an arm, and likely your life) These were even named Dragons.

A wyvern would be a feathered version of St. George's Dragon. Quetzalcoatl would be a feathered snake.

104 posted on 04/08/2005 7:42:00 AM PDT by MacDorcha ("Do you want the e-mail copy or the fax?" "Just the fax, ma'am.")