There’s some others, like sea serpents and the Western concept of dragons as giant flying lizards. A dragon is literally the symbol of Wales (okay, a wyvern if you want to be technical about it, but whatever).
(okay, a wyvern if you want to be technical about it, but whatever)
Nah that’s a dragon. They hadn’t invented D&D yet.
For what it’s worth, the word goes back to the 17th century. But Wikipedia also calls them a type of dragon, so 🤷.
There’s also a Baltic cult of worshipping wood snakes. And a fairy tale about one being the king of the sea.
And medieval European books have knights fighting giant snails. Whatever could it mean?
The reptilians clearly killed off all the giant snails in Europe after the knights tried to fight them while mounted on them.
I can’t explain the rabbits though.

It is in fact a reference to the argonian maid but government don’t want you to know!
Reptilian? It has clearly visible gills and fins, and looks distinctly like a fish.
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