Ancient maps, legends, and fairy tales all tell of dragons in our world. In nearly every culture, we are taught as children that dragons are big and fearsome, that they fly, breathe fire, are found in caves and live nearly forever. Where did these stories come from? Are they based on real animals? And are there any dragons still to be found today? Romulus Whitaker, renowned reptile expert and conservationist, puts a bit of history together with documented science and some compelling contemporary reports, and sets off to find out. He encounters lizards large and small that can breathe life into medieval legends even today. Buy the DVD. This film premiered January 11, 2009.
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kool movie! I love mythology and I think that its great!
Please update JW media player, this version is ugly!
Awesome – I love reptiles…
A bit cutsy– would have appreciated more time with the animals and less with the human (no personal offense). Some impressive shots.
i think this video is cool!!!!!!
what ever!
I really should be studying right now but thanks for the break :)
Great knolledge ,about life here on our planet
More to come i hope.
cool video. I love Dragons!!!
I am beginning to like reptiles.
good to know the history of dragons
oh my god oh my god its absolutely fantastic
It is fantastic, that I can enjoy this type of programing from my pc.
I was fascinated by this presentation but being a historian wonder how the Ethiopian myth of St. George involved a hero that was a Turk; what’s wong with this story?
very fascinating
I loved everything about the show, Ron was very entertaining as a host.
Nice! I really enjoyed the movie.
I watched this special like a kid in a candy store. I have only had the luxery and enjoyment of reptiles after rescueing an abused Iguana and since then I have fallen in love with them. Mr Whitaker, keep up your great work and hopefully host more programs like this one. Pretty impressive foot work when you had to make a run for it from Mr. Komodo :)
Loved the movie on dragons, PBS really has some cool stuff on the internet
Wonderful stuff, but the delivery format left a lot to be desired. I hate watching hunched over at my computer desk
that was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rom’s passion for the “dragons”, as he listed them off, added to the excitement of the hunt! His link from fire to venom made complete sense. The draco flying lizard had my mouth dropping in astonishment! As alway thanks PBS.
that was so cool and scary at the same time
I’m truly grateful to enjoy such excellent programming. This one on dragons deepens my respect for science and for fantasy.
Romulus whitaker increases my respect for the natural worlds.His programmes are truly inspiring
Interesting show. A dragon lover could study modern reptiles, like Mr. Witaker. They could also study dinosaurs, which I love. Dragons are awesome, and they are my favorite fantasy animal. They seem most like a hybrid among three types of anchient reptiles. Dragons have the long neck and tail of a saurapod (like a brontasaurus and brachiosaurus). They have the webbed wings of a pterasaur and pterodactal. They have sharp claws and teeth of a theropod (like a t-rex and rapters). All of these reptiles can be a gigantic size.
THANKS FOR ENLIGHTNING ME…AS A KID I SAW AN EPISODE OF JHONNY QUEST AND THEY FEATURED THE KOMODO DRAGON AS A WATCHDOG AND A PET ON A LEASH…YOUR EPISODE WAS SO AMAZING…THANKS FOR SEPERATING FACT FROM FICTION…AND THANKS FOR KEEPING ME IN AWE OF SO MANY OTHER SPECIES OF MYTHICAL CREATURES…WOW…
fascinating
I kept jumping! the cobras freaked me out. i hate snakes
a recent discovery has proven that the komdo dragons have venom that can be released when they bite
Fascinating AND intriguing! Being a huge fan of large animals and mythological beasts such as dragons, this program made it to the top of my Favorites list the first time I watched. Rom is one of my top five role models because of the fearless way he deals with such dangerous animals. Thanks NATURE! When are you going to make one about unicorns? ;)
Eh… this was a wonderful program, despite the fact that I think of dragons as real and I think of them much, much differently.