Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them

Many of you will know that this is the title of one of the books written by J.K. Rowling other than the Harry Potter series, which is also a reason that you may not know about this book. And I also don't know anything about this book except the title. But its all fiction, by the time you finish the book, a strange thought appears that everything you just read is bullshit.

But there are a few fantastic beasts in real world and I will tell you where to find them.

1. The Dragon

The infamous, fire breathing, flying dragon from Romania as in Harry Potter is based on a creature that existed several hundred years ago(the romantic version of the dragon found in Shrek is purely fictional though). A team of British Scientists found a preserved carcass of few medieval warriors along with a carcass of a large lizard. With a long snout and a longer tail which are characteristic of a lizard but also with pair of wings which are pretty unusual for lizards. Further research indicated that the animal's body is not suitable for flight as per physics. But they also found a large air sac in the animal's body apart from the lungs. Testing the tissue of the air sac, they found that the air sac stores hydrogen. Hydrogen being a lightweight flammable gas acts as a hot air balloon that helps the creature in flight. Flight - check. Scientists also found traces of platinum in the creature's teeth. Platinum noted to be a catalyst for combustion, helps ignite the flammable hydrogen from the animal's air sac. Fire breath - check. Few medieval knights' bodies found near the dragon also fits the imagery of myths speaking of brave knights fighting dragons.

So could the animal be the fabled dragon?

There is one point that has to be observed before answering that question. What is their period of origin? Did they exist along with dinosaurs? If they did, how did they survive the catastrophic even that dinosaurs didn't?

But one thing we can be sure of. Dragons didn't go along well with humans and that may be the reason why knights hunted them. And just like many animals that became extinct, dragons also became extinct because of humans.

2. Vijay Kanth

The superhero who doesn't require a mask. His speciality is keeping the left leg on the wall and kicking with the right leg defying all laws of physics putting Newton's law of gravitation to question. He's been shot at, stabbed, punched, kicked, electrocuted but no one has managed to make a scratch on his body. Unlike many other wannabes, he doesn't require six packs. Even though he has a lot of competition from his telugu counterparts, he has managed to maintain his supremacy, even has his own political party. And where to find him? In the cinemas near you!

3. Max Mosely

Let me introduce you to the most diabolical sports chief of all time, better than Sharad Pawar. This guy has done more damage to an F1 car with this ludicrous rules than a freight train that would hit an F1 car at 300mph. Take a look at the disfigured state of the cars used in this season. Remember how these cars looked last year? Better. This man has survived sex scandals that invovled a Nazi styled orgy. And he has stayed on to make more rules for the next year. And the rule is, no teams should be operating at a budget of more than 40 million pounds. And for you information, Ferrari's budget for this year is a little more than 6oo million pounds. How do you expect a 600 mil team to work with 40 mil? So Ferrari along with other 8 teams including McLaren have decided to break away from F1. So Max has accepted 3 new entrants for the next season. So seven underdogs will be competing for the world title next season, 3 of them who have never been in F1 before and other teams like Force India who have so far found it lucky to even finish a race. Who do you expect to see in F1 other than Ferrari and McLaren? Third rate drivers with cars less reliable than go-karts? You can find him in every F1 website since he has become talk of the motor sports world.

Do you think you know any other Fantastic beasts that I don't? Do post them in comments and best ones will be featured in the next post.

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