"We have sighted an eastern bearded dragon at one of our telescopes, observed dragonflies, and even measured body temperatures of the mallee dragon. But our work has never ventured into dragons of the mythical, fire breathing variety. And for this Australia, we are sorry."—From a statement by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia's national science agency, in response to a letter from a 7-year-old girl named Sophie, who wanted to know if the scientists at the CSIRO could make her a dragon.
[H/T to Misty, who saw it at The Mary Sue.]
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