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Inscius (inscius@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Sep-2025 20:45:56 JST Inscius

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  pat (thatcrazydude@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Sep-2025 20:52:23 JST pat
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  @inscius be careful what you wish for lol
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  Inscius (inscius@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Sep-2025 20:58:33 JST Inscius
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  @ThatCrazyDude euw. Well, in Christian tradtion, dragons are evil. In chinese and some othe dragons can be good. I think in some movies and video games dragons (or dragon chimeras) can be good. Obviously, the script was written by reptiles ;-)
  
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  pat (thatcrazydude@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Sep-2025 20:58:57 JST pat
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  @inscius well, if that's your position, I should probably tell you that you can actually own a dragon. It might be quite a search for a pet store that has them, but in principle it's possible ;)
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(lizard)
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    Draco (lizard)
    
    Draco is a genus of agamid lizards that are also known as flying lizards, flying dragons or gliding lizards. These lizards are capable of gliding flight via membranes that may be extended to create wings (patagia), formed by a support structure from an enlarged set of ribs. They are arboreal insectivores. While not capable of powered flight they often obtain lift in the course of their gliding flights. Glides as long as 60 m (200 ft) have been recorded, over which the animal loses only 10 m (33 ft) in height which makes for a glide ratio of 6:1. This is done by a lizard of only around 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length, tail included. They are found across Southeast Asia and Southern India and are fairly common in forests, areca gardens, teak plantations and shrub jungle. History of discovery Carl Linnaeus described the genus in 1758, with the type species being Draco volans. The name of the genus is from the Latin term for dragons of mythology. In the early and mid 20th century, there was controversy about their gliding capabilities, with some authors...
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  Inscius (inscius@noauthority.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Sep-2025 21:03:40 JST Inscius
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  @ThatCrazyDude Ah yes!. Btw, in Swedish the word for dragon is "drake". Also in olden times a word for dragon was "orm" (I guess same origina as "wyrm"). Nowadays, orm usually refers to a snake. A real one or a metaphorical one.Come to think of it, call a person an "orm" is kind of old fashioned, havent heard it in ages. Maybe time to resuscitate it 🤔
  
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  Kuenga (kuenga@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Oct-2025 15:54:51 JST Kuenga
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  @inscius @ThatCrazyDude In german the dragon is also known as lindworm.
  
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  Inscius (inscius@noauthority.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Oct-2025 15:54:51 JST Inscius
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  @Kuenga @ThatCrazyDude lindorm in swedish (very rarely heard). Seems to also be a word in English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lindorm
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    lindorm - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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