Where do dragon babies come from?
Posted: 01 Mar 2017, 16:11
Science geeks, show your knowledge! Let's overanalyze this!
So... without getting too far into the specific, icky details of precisely how their reproduction works
I had assumed that all vertebrates reproduced sexually, which would mean that dragons needed two parents for the eggs to be laid (or at least, laid in a hatchable state; many birds *cough*chickensthemostwonderfulofbirds*cough* can lay unfertilized eggs, but they're not really relevant since they wouldn't hatch).
I had assumed that meant that all dragons, including huge ones such as the Eruptodon, Red Death, Bewilderbeast, and Foreverwing, would have to, let's say, visit each other. And I should think the Vikings would have noticed two huge, gigantic dragons in the same place, probably out in the open since there aren't many hidden places that will fit two dragons that size, yet the Vikings somehow didn't know about their existence.
As it was pointed out to me on another thread, reptiles are known to reproduce asexually. While some, such as some strains of the all-female Whiptail lizard reproduce asexually as their only mode of reproduction, others, such as boas or the Komodo dragon, do it by accident -- their normal mode of reproduction involves genes from both parents, but sometimes they end up with only the mother's genes.
So what do you all think about it? Feel free to show off some science knowledge on this thread!
So... without getting too far into the specific, icky details of precisely how their reproduction works
I had assumed that all vertebrates reproduced sexually, which would mean that dragons needed two parents for the eggs to be laid (or at least, laid in a hatchable state; many birds *cough*chickensthemostwonderfulofbirds*cough* can lay unfertilized eggs, but they're not really relevant since they wouldn't hatch).
I had assumed that meant that all dragons, including huge ones such as the Eruptodon, Red Death, Bewilderbeast, and Foreverwing, would have to, let's say, visit each other. And I should think the Vikings would have noticed two huge, gigantic dragons in the same place, probably out in the open since there aren't many hidden places that will fit two dragons that size, yet the Vikings somehow didn't know about their existence.
As it was pointed out to me on another thread, reptiles are known to reproduce asexually. While some, such as some strains of the all-female Whiptail lizard reproduce asexually as their only mode of reproduction, others, such as boas or the Komodo dragon, do it by accident -- their normal mode of reproduction involves genes from both parents, but sometimes they end up with only the mother's genes.
So what do you all think about it? Feel free to show off some science knowledge on this thread!