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Of course there were no dinosaurs! Have you never even looked at the Chinese Zodiac? (lemmy.world)

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[–] the_toast_is_gone 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I like the theory that ancient people found dinosaur bones somehow and just made up dragons based on what they saw.

[–] FlyingSquid 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Maybe, but it's also not hard to imagine them seeing that there were reptiles of multiple sizes and they got bigger and bigger (maybe even crocodiles via trade or just native).

"This, but huge" is a pretty easy path to folktales.

[–] kofe 2 points 3 months ago

Slap some wings on em (or half of another creature? Or both!), baby you got a mythological creature goin