Thread: Do dragons eat the bones too?
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Old 12-11-2010, 10:00 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by ReliQ05 View Post
I know that Owls will eat a smaller creature whole, then later on will regurgitate the bones.

If you want to treat their digestion/eating habits like snakes. Wikipedia has this to say. "Because snakes cannot bite or tear their food to pieces, they must swallow prey whole... After eating, snakes become dormant while the process of digestion takes place. Digestion is an intense activity, especially after consumption of large prey....Because of this, a snake disturbed after having eaten recently will often regurgitate its prey to be able to escape the perceived threat. When undisturbed, the digestive process is highly efficient, with the snake's digestive enzymes dissolving and absorbing everything but the prey's hair (or feathers) and claws, which are excreted along with waste."


So IMO if you use snakes as a background, then the dragon would attack/maim the threat then continue on. Barbecue is also another option, if your dragons breathe fire.
Purple lightning actually. The digestion period wouldn't fit with the character at all, so I think I'm going to have him chew on it more like a cat.

Plus dragons are supposed to gnaw on bones IIRC. Gnawing just seems like a dragonly thing to do. That's how they roll. *nods*

Thank you for the information. I desperately needed someone elses voice on this one . . . even if it is a voice written in a forum. *grin*
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