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alt-j:pitsu-pitsu:jillyfishfillet:alt-j:glitterandmetal-yt-da:stunningpicture:Turns out that dragons are real and they come from South Africa (Latin name ‘Smaug gigantaeus’)SMAUGARE YOU KIDDING ME? THEY USED SMAUG IN THE SCIENTFIC NAME??!this is just my hypothesis but the Latin name probably came before lord of the ringsNo they def named it after smaug the dragon wtf r u talking aboutok but actuallyMuseum Researcher Names Lizard Genus After Tolkien’s Dragon Smaugi take it back they actually did thatSee? Latin names are important. Sometimes they show you cool things. -- source link
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