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House of the Dragon: if dragons were real, how might fire-breathing work? (www.rawstory.com)

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The images of dragons unleashing torrents of flames on the new series of House of the Dragon got me thinking: if dragons existed, what real-world biological mechanisms and chemical reactions might they use?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I always thought dragons would have two seperate pressurized liquids (maybe a fuel + oxidizer combo) that form a combustion reaction upon mixing similar to the bombardier beetle

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Reign of fire went with this approach