That's a poor example as most Dragons of Myth and Legend can't be traced back to the Komodo Dragon. Most of them are actually linked to Dinosaur Fossils. Another example is the Griffin, which appears to be based on Greek interpretations of fossilised Ceratopsian skeletons like Triceratops. Ceratops have Beak-like mouths like a bird-of prey's, and their dinosaur feet could be misinterpreted as being Leonine. Then there's Cyclops. The Greek Islands used to have Dwarf Elephants and even Dwarf Mastodon. You can easily find their skulls, which have no obvious eyeholes, just a large cavity for the trunk. Is it any wonder the ancient Greeks thought those skulls belonged to something like this? And the Whirlpool is still there.
It would appear so, but apparently it is not technically a whirlpool. Garofalo Otherwise known to the world as Charybdis, the whirlpool that sucked in Odysseus’ boat, Garofalo is found in the strait between Italy’s mainland and Sicily. Not technically a whirlpool, Garofalo occurs when the winds and tides meet at cross-purposes in the less than two-mile wide (but over 800 feet deep) Strait of Messina. The rough seas produced are known to be very hazardous for small vessels, and occasionally, even dangerous for large ships.
http://www.spiegel.de/international...ow-the-left-took-things-too-far-a-702679.html What the actual fuck
Sayeth the one who sided with the furry degenerate. But yes, this is too much. We need to gas this discussion... and hopefully the people in that article.
