Some dinosaurs breathed fire (Talk.Origins)

Claim CH712.1:


 * Job 41 describes Leviathan, a dinosaur-like creature, as fire-breathing. This suggests that some dinosaurs could breathe fire. Humans lived at the time as these dinosaurs and preserved the memory as fire-breathing dragons.

Source:
 * Gish, Duane T., 1977. Dinosaurs: Those Terrible Lizards. El Cajon, CA: Master Book, pp. 51-55.

CreationWiki response:

God could have designed such protection, but those animals with them are now extinct and the "adaptations" could have rotted.

The Bombardier beetle produces an explosive fire.

All it takes for an animal to produce a fireball is to have the ignition take place outside the body. It is relatively easy for a human to produce a fireball without burning their mouth.

The reference from Revelation is prophetic about a future judgment, and is not myth or legend. The horses were not on earth. The other non-dragon references could have been inspired by dragons.

Such legends could be based on real animals, but which were freaks, like a two headed turtle, or a two headed snake. Both of these are reptiles, like dinosaurs. It is quite possible that similar freaks have occurred in dinosaurs giving rise to legends of multiple-headed dragons.

Gradual distortions of facts invariably occur in the process of handing down information through the generations. This effect is especially noted in cultures where the facts are passed down primarily by mouth.