How Varan flies

"The horde of gigantic insects has an extraterrestrial origin, unlike the creature now rampaging through Mexico," Dr. Birchwood interjected, "which is of terrestrial origin -"

"Do you mean Varan?" Peter Jimson of ABC News interrupted, shouting from a front row.

Dr. Birchwood nodded and scratched his dark beard. "We've studied blood and tissue samples of the creature you call Varan, obtained after a failed attack by the Mexican Army. From these samples, we have concluded that the kaiju in Mexico evolved right here on Earth -"

"Wait a second," Jimson interrupted again. "Are you asking us to believe that a giant flying reptile evolved naturally?"

"Well, first of all, Varan doesn't fly," Birchwood corrected. "We speculate that it can somehow separate the oxygen and hydrogen in water. The creature then expels the oxygen and pumps the hydrogen molecules into sacs along its torso. So you see, Varan actually floats, or glides. It does not fly. Of course, this is all speculation."


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