Skip to main content

REAL FLYING DRAGON- Draco Volans

Dragons of the past may have been large enough to carry off a sheep or human, modern dragons eat insects and sometimes birds and small mammals. These are the iguanian lizards, which belong to the family Agamidae. The family includes domesticated bearded dragons and Chinese water dragons and also the wild genus Draco.  

 lying lizards of the genus Draco are renowned for their gliding ability, using an aerofoil formed by winglike patagial membranes and supported by elongated thoracic ribs.  The attachment of the forelimbs to the patagium suggests that that aerofoil is controlled through movements of the forelimbs.

 Draco is the Latin word for serpent or dragon.

Draco spp. are flying dragons. Really, Draco is a master of gliding. The lizards glide distances as long as 60 meters (200 feet) by flattening their limbs and extending wing-like flaps. The lizards use their tail and neck flap (gular flag) to stabilize and control their descent. You can find these living flying dragons in South Asia, where they are relatively common. The largest only grows to a length of 20 centimeters (7.9 inches).

 Their  flight is more of a defense mechanism: partly from predators, but mostly from themselves. One male attempts to take up an area of two to three trees. If another flying lizard invades, the defender will chase it away throughout the air.

 In the wild, flying dragons will eat mostly termites and ants, but in captivity, they can be taught to eat crickets, mealworms, and flies as a staple diet.

 The Flying Lizard is found in tropical rain forests in southern India and Southeast Asia. This includes the Philippine Islands as well as Borneo.

Flying  Dragon


 

 

 

 

 


Asian dragons are more akin to snakes with legs. there are snakes that "fly" in the sense they can glide through the air for long distances. Basically, these snakes can remain airborne the length of a soccer field or twice the length of an Olympic swimming pool! Asian Chrysopelea spp. snakes "fly" up to 100 meters (330 feet) by flattening their bodies and twisting to optimize lift. Scientists have found the optimal angle for a serpentine glide is 25 degrees, with the snake's head angled upward and tail downward. 

 Wingless dragons couldn't technically fly, they could glide a very long distance.


 
 


 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

KEY BOARD SHORT CUTS

While   surfing  the Web,  these commands  could  help  you  and  are absolutely worth learning. By making repetitive motions faster, web surfing becomes so easy  and    pleasant! The following shortcuts can  be   work with desktop versions of Chrome, Firefox, and IE. CTRL-T to launch a new browser tab page. Tabbed pages are very useful: they let you open multiple web pages simultaneously without the same memory load as a full browser window.  Simply press CTRL-T to launch a new tab. Related: use CTRL-Page Up and CTRL-Page Down to navigate between the tabs.  CTRL-Enter to type 'www.' and '.com' Once you ...
Post a Comment
Read more

THE KING OF POP- MICHAEL JACKSON

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest entertainers in the history of music.   Michael Jackson is born. Pop sensation Michael Jackson is born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. Jackson began performing with his four brothers in the pop group the Jackson 5 when he was a child. ... Jackson released several solo albums in the '70s, but his great breakthrough came in 1979 with Off the Wall.   Known as the "King of Pop," Michael Joseph Jackson was a best-selling American singer, songwriter and dancer. As a child, Jackson became the lead singer of his family's popular Motown group, the Jackson 5.   As a child, Jackson became the lead singer of his family's popular Motown group, the Jackson 5. He went on to a solo career of astonishing w...
Post a Comment
Read more

Bacteria

  Bacteria   are   the   most   plentiful   living  organism   on  the  Earth.They   are  the  most  smallest    organism ,each  consisting   of  a   simple ,  single  cell.A   few   types  of  bacteria ,called  germs ,cause  diseases    in  humans .But   most  bacteria     are   harmless,  some  are   very  useful.They   used  in  making  drugs   and  foods. Bacteria    reproduce   by  binary   fission(splitting  in  two). Reproduction    by     division   means  that  bacteria  can   multiply  very  quickly,if  the  conditions...
Post a Comment
Read more