Two Mythical Creatures

A Medieval Dragon

A dragon is possibly an animal that came to be in our minds as the human race...when dinosaur and / or Pterosaur fossilized skeletons were found by Man in ancient civilizations.  One theory that is had...IF dragons had been real...is that they had bodies filled with lighter than air gas, like Hydrogen or Methane.  First you need to understand that the amu is the atomic mass units in an atom or a molecule.  Each neutron or proton in the nucleus of an atom has a mass of 1 amu.  Hydrogen is the smallest atom and a Hydrogen molecule has an atomic weight of only 2 amu.  That makes Hydrogen gas the least dense of any substance found in the Universe.  The atomic weight of Methane is 16.  Air has an atomic weight of around 28-29 amu.  So, since air is way more dense than Hydrogen or Methane then perhaps dragons (if they were real) would have been able to fly because the gas made them much less dense . . . or lighter than air.  The gas would have to be methane or hydrogen because of course dragons could shoot fire.  So the gas has to be hydrogen or methane because they can burn.  A dragon full of Helium would be able to fly, but not shoot fire.

Land Iguana in Mexico

The closest thing I've seen to a dragon would probably be Marine Iguanas in the Galapagos and Land Iguanas in Ecuador, the Galapagos, and Mexico.  They can get over 4 feet long!  I don't think that they fly or breathe fire though.  I took this photo.

Unicorn being friends with a Squirrel

Unicorns are reported to be very magical and that magic is always good magic...light magic etc.  There is no such thing as a bad unicorn.  They are always depicted as kind and good.  So I could see them being friends with other magical creatures..as well as non-magical creatures like squirrels.

Unicorn Drawing with Pastel Chalk

The closest thing I've seen to a real unicorn is a horse, specifically my neice's horse that I drew and turned into a Unicorn in the drawing.  It's a non-traditional unicorn...it is not white.

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