Carmen_Sandiego said:
Rob-a-dob-dob c.2000 said:
on to these bones it wuold excret hydrocloric acid .that would make hydrogen
Hollywood said:
Sometime in the evolutionary development of dragons, they succeeded in harnessing their natural gut bacteria in two unique ways, flight and fire. Many animals possess in their guts active bacteria which aid in the digestion of food. The bacteria inside the dragon’s gut produces hydrogen. The hydrogen produced in the gut is then transferred into the internal bladders. This was seen as the dragon breathed fire.
1. Your process is chemical, Hollywood’s is biological.
2. Hydrogen flame is blue, not the red as portrayed in all the legends.
a) Hollywood has a long history of getting things wrong.
b) obviously the ignition system would involve elements that provide variations on the blue flame such as orange-red. A greater range is available. It is a little known fact that dragons fixation on ‘gold’, actually refers to their habit of collecting various raw minerals for use in colorful mating displays.