Flight Rising Discussion

Lately i've been wondering a lot wether the different dragon species are warm blooded or cold blooded. I'm sure it probably depends on the species and maybe even the flight they came from? the ones with fur are most likely warm blooded, but does that include the breeds with manes? I could see coatls being coldblooded since they look a lot like snakes and come from fire flight but also they have feathers sooooo who knows!
if theres been any official word about this i'm not sure, its questions like this that make me miss those QnAs that the staff used to do

as (mostly)larger active sapient creatures that span the world regardless of breed, i'd say they are warmblooded. i don't think of dragons as reptiles, but their own thing.

Warmblooded. Dragons are active in both the hottest and coldest areas of the world, and are active both during day and night.

[quote name="FeatherHibiscus" date="2021-07-04 10:10:53" ] Warmblooded for sure! Otherwise what's the point of wearing arctic gear and jackets? Those wouldn't be apparel if dragons weren't warmblooded. [/quote] This... doesn't make sense? Coldblooded just means a species can't generate its own heat, not that it's supposed to be cold. If anything coldblooded species are [i]more[/i] likely to need the arctic gear. That being said, I imagine it depends on the breed. Tundras and gaolers would definitely need to be warmblooded to survive in ice territory, but coatls might be coldblooded since fire territory is already warm and it would save energy to not need to generate it.

Thick/fluffy materials still block cold outside air from reaching the animal's body. It would still benefit them. The friction of the materials rubbing together would still generate some extra heat, too.

[quote name="PaintmasterSheo" date="2021-07-04 10:24:59" ] [quote]Quote: ? Warmblooded means an animal can generate its own body heat. Coldblooded means an animal gets its body heat from its surroundings. Blankets and arctic fluffy clothes trap body heat and keep it in. Coldblooded animals have no warmth to give out so there is no point in wearing blankets and fluffy clothes. [/quote] Thick/fluffy materials still block cold outside air from reaching the animal's body. It would still benefit them. The friction of the materials rubbing together would still generate some extra heat, too. [/quote] On average, only the animals that generate their own heat, also bother with mechanisms on retaining said heat, things like fur, feathers and blubber if an animal doesn't generate it's own heat, they do not put up mechanisms to try and retain it ____ My personal opinions: Since these are all breeds and not different species, all of them have to be either one or the other, and since most of them (to me) make a hard case for warmblooded, I'd expect all of them to be warmblooded since they all would benefit from it -Megafauna in RL tend to be warmblooded, there are exceptions of course, but this is the norm, which means our large breeds would very likely be warmblooded -most of the dragons have some sort of bodily heat-retention like feathers and fur/mane which wouldn't occur on cold blooded animals -even the moderns with no fur/feathers, or size on their side would benefit from being warmblooded, like mirrors who hunt and do chases in ways cold blooded animals normally wouldn't be able to, or faes and spirals which could technically be high energy and active, both of which benefit from warm blooded Honestly, I think most debate would have to go into ancients which are literally different species since they can only breed with each other but cases can be made for banes to be cold blooded, gaolers to be warm blooded, veilspuns I can see going either way, but most likely warm either way, THESE ARE DRAGONS [size=1][s]aka not real[/s][/size] :D let's just have fun and headcanon whatever suits our lore best XD

id say theyre all endothermic (warmblooded) but veils COULD be ectothermic (coldblooded) because theyre Bugs and insects are ectothermic but also note every breed has the same energy depletion n such, which suggests everyone has a similar metabolism and probably bloodedness then. i think. so ill just say everyonhes endothermic anyway [quote name="keet" date="2021-07-04 13:12:56" ] -Megafauna in RL tend to be warmblooded, there are exceptions of course, but this is the norm, which means our large breeds would very likely be warmblooded [/quote] oh fun fact! apparently some normally ectothermic animals are so big that they just have gigantothermy instead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantothermy so it kind of makes them like [i]endotherms [/i]a little even if theyre still not that