Biology of a Smoke-Breathing Dragon

Hey! Been working on this one for a while, apologies for the wait! Hope you enjoy.

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[nailinhead]

You should make a graphic novel based on your fantasy world. It’s one of the more unique takes on the genre that I’ve seen

[sagedeen]

Not all dragons are maneaters, important to have some herbivores to balance out the others. Really love this one and it's unqiue faceshape + crest and it's diet of poisonous plants.

[HammboneBob]

Dang I wanna hunt these dragons. You really make them feel like a natural part of the ecosystem. I'm sure the plants the dragons eat have some special relationship with them besides offering poisons.

[tumdashuhn]

The "I can quit every time" friend be like:

[Seelie-pooka]

I had an idea that plants and crops around the dragon grow better because The poison from the smoke acts as a natural insecticide (most poisonus plants have poison to prevent themselves from being eaten by both vertebrates AND invertebrates so it makes sense) and the native villagers have a mild (Keyword, MILD) resistance to the poisonous plants because there is a small amount on their crops (of course if the dragon sticks around for to long you end up with a poisoned village)

[lowe_expectations]

A popular story among mountain herders is that if you bow to a Veilwright, they take it as a sign of submission. Apparently, if you keep low and your head down, you can even sit on the altar with them as they feed. I wouldn't risk it though - all it takes is for the dragon to sneeze and you're done for.

[chancegivens]

Another unique species! I really enjoy a well crafted herbivore, which judging from your other videos, you seem to be consistently good at. The design is fantastic! It reminds me of various creatures from The Dark Crystal and would fit perfectly in that world thinking about it now. I really like the Mosty placid behavior of it as well. It's nice to have a beast you can admire without it wanting to stomp a mudhole in you (or turn you into mud through digestion). The smoke screen is really cool as well! Another fantastic dragon good sir!!

[wholesomedegenerate]

My favorite one so far! The acquired poison is a cool idea, maybe different Veilwrights have different poison effects based on their diet. Eager to see more of them dragons!

[Cinnwanz]

Sawyer "smoke blasta" Lee with another banger

[PinkBroBlueRope]

Very cool but I'm wondering how this dragon stayed unknown for so long considering how everything about its breeding and eating habits (and our hunting tactics) reveal it to be extremely conspicuous

[casper]

This would be the dream dragon for every pothead, imagine feeding your companion a batch of cannabis and just enjoying the high afterwards 😂😂😂😂

[Mr_Maiq_The_Liar]

It's nice to see a dragon that isn't just a monster

[brandonloe]

This is a cool design! I like how different it is from typical fire-breathing dragons.
It’s similar to a dragon I designed once. It was an omnivorous dragon that consumed psychedelic plants and breathed out clouds of smoke in the forest. The smoke made mammals high, and when the prey was too high to care, the dragon walked up to it and killed it. I didn’t flesh it out as well as yours though.

[jass]

This is the best one you have ever done in my opinion..what a cool creature with such a unique imaginative behaviour foraging within a smoke cloud ..fantastic

[Lagia]

One of my favorite artists and designers. The style is just so interesting and recognizable

[Bean-yrwo]

love this little herbivorous vape critter, one of my personal codex favorites. whose up next, if i may ask?

[Aquamentus]

I don't know if anyone said this already, but closing off your esophagus wouldn't affect your breathing. It'd have to affect your trachea, larynx or pharynx.

[PrimordialRoseberryBush]

I've seen "Speculative Biology of Dragons" but I want to see "Speculative Evolution, " as in, how could Dragons get better.

[JaxDaHax]

We making it outta the mountains with this one 🔥🔥🔥

[KylerBrazda-wekb]

Amazing video. The Blood letter is probably my favorite tree so far. But could you feature the Rattle Dread in the next video if you haven’t started working on it already? 👍
Love to see this series!