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Hyraxylos
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If there were any race like that I'd feel awfully sorry for them. Not all mated pairs of reptiles and birds stick together after mating.  If the female couldn't fly then she'd have to depend on the male and that's risky. Unless of course the race in question is more communal-type and thus have other dragons besides those to pitch in.
*reads the original post* This sounds more like ants actually. Can't think of any other animal in which only the male has sufficiently large wings.
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| the fact that they would have larger wings. |
The tactic of swooping down to scatter grounded prey like bowling pins? 
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Shyeroka
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| Posted: Sat 16 Feb 2008 8:40 Post subject: |
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If there were any race like that I'd feel awfully sorry for them. Not all mated pairs of reptiles and birds stick together after mating. If the female couldn't fly then she'd have to depend on the male and that's risky. Unless of course the race in question is more communal-type and thus have other dragons besides those to pitch in.
*reads the original post* This sounds more like ants actually. Can't think of any other animal in which only the male has sufficiently large wings.
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That's another really good point, Hyraxylos. I would have to say that is something to consider. It really would have to be a communal race for that to even be plausable.
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the fact that they would have larger wings.
The tactic of swooping down to scatter grounded prey like bowling pins? |
*laughs histarically at the mental image* 
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Ragnarok
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| Posted: Sat 16 Feb 2008 8:59 Post subject: |
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Of course, there are lots of successful ground-based predators, so a simple lack of wings wouldn't necessarily make them dependent on their flying brethren.
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Shyeroka
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| Posted: Sat 16 Feb 2008 9:11 Post subject: |
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| Of course, there are lots of successful ground-based predators, so a simple lack of wings wouldn't necessarily make them dependent on their flying brethren. |
I do see your point of view. I know there were some species known to have no wings in the entire race (Chinese dragons for instance), and could see that being very equal and easily liveable. I could also see that it wouldn't be a problem for hunting at all.
What about the one's that wouldn't have wings (or use of them in this case) while there were others that could fly in the same community? Wouldn't that make it easy for the enemy flying dragons (for say there were that is, and I'm sure there must have been) to kill of the mothers of the nests if they couldn't fly to keep from being drug around or picked up and dropped?
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albvan
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| Posted: Sun 17 Feb 2008 7:04 Post subject: |
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| Shyeroka wrote: |
| What about the one's that wouldn't have wings (or use of them in this case) while there were others that could fly in the same community? Wouldn't that make it easy for the enemy flying dragons (for say there were that is, and I'm sure there must have been) to kill of the mothers of the nests if they couldn't fly to keep from being drug around or picked up and dropped? |
Yes, I suppose it would. Killing off the mothers and offspring would mean death to the entire community, unless the males kidnapped new females from somewhere else. So, some males would have to stay behind. Which also means there will be less males for hunting and more hungry mouths to feed. That's why those remaining behind would have to provide some food too. Since they would control less territory (because of the land-locked females and the males staying near them), they would have to live near an abundant food source, like a river, lake, or the sea and its surrounding, and avoid mountains and large open plains (where they could encounter raiding groups consisting of single male dragons, and other potentially dangerous predators such as wolves). So I guess these dragons would be similar to lions (and early humans, perhaps), where the females would provide most of the food, and the males would just protect them and their young. |
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Shyeroka
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| Posted: Sun 17 Feb 2008 8:55 Post subject: |
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I'd have to agree with that Albvan, and it sounds logical too. Surrounding themselves around food sources with the males staying with the famales would be the only way a community with flightless females would survive. Like you said they would live like the lions in a way.
So that does make the theory plausable when put like that.
Thanks Albvan, that does make a great point to think about now. 
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RamenDemon
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| Posted: Sun 17 Feb 2008 19:54 Post subject: |
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actually what if dragons doesnt have some traits common to other races?
as you kindly stated, chinese dragons dont have wings and in some myths, resides ON TOP of mountains or in caves. what if the dragon doesnt have talons? what if?? (off topic sorry.) anyway, a female dragon could have wings to use as a)mating device (attraction i mean) b)hunting or c)decoration. for hunting, it's true for penguins in the north. it doesnt have to be the females to stay in the nest while the males go out all macho in hunting, battling, and nightclubs (theyre huge!) penguins have the female move to the coasts to fish for food for the winter while the males stay behind, warming the eggs.
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Dragoneyes
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Female Dragons bodies are only slightly smaller than their male counterparts. Some species have smaller wings but that is by environment and adaptation, not by sexes.
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