• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      Maybe, but it’s also not hard to imagine them seeing that there were reptiles of multiple sizes and they got bigger and bigger (maybe even crocodiles via trade or just native).

      “This, but huge” is a pretty easy path to folktales.

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        2 months ago

        Slap some wings on em (or half of another creature? Or both!), baby you got a mythological creature goin