the great zoo of china by matthew reilly

The dragons were being kept confined by means of electromagnetic shields, so it looked as though they were moving freely, while the humans were supposedly protected by ultrasonic shields that the dragons could not approach closely because of their sensitive hearing. The other consisted of high-ranking politburo officials, who were being shown the hunting area of the zoo. One of these groups was made up of Americans, including the hero the story, Cassandra Jane “CJ” Cameron, an expert on large reptiles. The Chinese believed they were ready to unveil their great creation and arranged for a two select groups of important visitors to be shown the zoo. A breeding program using female saltwater crocodiles as incubators for dragon eggs boosted this tally to 232.

The Chinese located a nest beneath their second largest nickel deposit, and captured each dragon as they hatched. Behind even this is the survival of the dragons, winged archosaurs who survived the great extinction at the end of the cretaceous because their nests were protected by being beneath nickel deposits. The back story is that the reason for dragon myths being global is that dragons really exist, and each myth documents an appearance of a dragon who hatched out from the egg and came to the surface to see if the planet was warm enough for them to survive. Other reptiles which have evolved an extended rib cage for structural support purposes are turtles whose carapaces are supported by their ribcages. Although the book describes this as being hexapods it is not necessarily so, since the Malaysian Flying Lizard has four legs and a pair of wings, the latter being supported by an extended ribcage. THE GREAT ZOO OF CHINAĭragon myths are a global phenomenon, and pretty well every where dragons are described the descriptions are very similar. His latest novel, The Great Zoo of China, has all the usual features and a few more besides. He writes action adventure stories in which the pace of said action is never in any circumstances below greased lightening. Matthew Reilly is one of my favourite contemporary novelists.

The great zoo of china by matthew reilly