I admit that when I saw this episode title, I scoffed a little. Real dragons? The biggest known dragon is the Komodo and it’s a very rare animal, restricted to zoos and a few remote islands in Indonesia. So the idea of dragons being in Australia was a little bit strange.
There was a very brief moment where the narrator correctly pointed out possible causes of why people claim to see dragons. It’s often humans tapping into memories/stories about bizarre animals from generations ago and then the strange bones found during the Dark Ages.
It’s the size of a bus!
History showed a documentary a few years ago which talked about this and I really enjoyed it. They talked about how the legendary Cyclops was likely born from the finding of an elephant/mammoth skeleton. Early humans would see these skeletons and note the large hole in the middle. Instead of identifying that as the animal’s trunk, they would assume it was a single eye socket, giving birth to a legendary creature.
It’s hard to say whether or not there was a similar situation with dragons because we do know that very large monitor lizards did exist, ones far larger than the big Komodos of today. We do know that a creature at least three times the size of the Komodo did exist. The Megalania is said to have died out some 40,000 years ago, but some feel the creature still exists.
I’m usually doubtful about these possibilities and I still am, but I’m a little bit open to the possibility of this creature living in Australia today. I think it’s very unlikely it still remains due to the lack of remains, but Australia is a vast land which has never been thoroughly explored and documented. This leaves endless possibilities to unknown creatures living there.
Rating: 5.7
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