You're reading it like the bible thumpers.dragon meant very big lizard. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
Joshua Amiel and colleagues at the University of Sydney, Australia, wanted to see if bigger lizards also make better learners, so they incubated nine eggs in cold conditions — 8.5 to 23.5 °C — and 12 in warm conditions — 14.5 to 29.5 °C. (newscientist.com)
In some places, you can find cats and dogs, while in others wolves and big lizards roam around freely. (grassrootsbio.com)