Flying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 5 months agoOf course there were no dinosaurs! Have you never even looked at the Chinese Zodiac?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down11
arrow-up1143arrow-down1imageOf course there were no dinosaurs! Have you never even looked at the Chinese Zodiac?lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·5 months agoMaybe, 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.
minus-squarekofe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoSlap some wings on em (or half of another creature? Or both!), baby you got a mythological creature goin
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.
Slap some wings on em (or half of another creature? Or both!), baby you got a mythological creature goin