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My research project is on dragons. Why did I choose dragons? As my friends know, I love dragons and how often do you get the chance to do a report on them? Plus I've found out that most people don't know a lot about mythological creatures. Who here doesn't know what this is? *griffin picture * This is a griffin. A strong half bird, half lion creature that is usually the good flying creature against the evil dragons in games. I will begin with the history of dragons, since most things are reported in chronological order. There are many different theories on how dragons started. One is told of an adventurer that was going through the rain forests down in the Amazon that ran into a huge Boa Constrictor or Anaconda. Upon seeing these, the frightened frontiersman thought that they were huge elephants from Africa that sat up in trees, waiting for someone to walk by to they could snatch them up with their trunks and eat them. Through rumors these elephants turned into creatures, then these creatures grew wings, legs, etc. Other stories are simply of misidentification. The sea serpent for instance is said to have been a giant squid or a whale. Explorers could even have ran across a dinosaur that managed to escape the Ice A