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My thought was that, if it wasn\'t just one image that turned into a stereotype-meme with its origins lost to the mists of time, perhaps it\'s from back when explorers would bring dead crocodiles back from the Middle and Far East and sell them as mummified dragons? ...Is that even a thing that happened? Because I\'m pretty sure it is, but I can\'t find any confirmation via a cursory Google search.
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My thought was that, if it wasn\\\'t just one image that turned into a stereotype-meme with its origins lost to the mists of time, perhaps it\\\'s from back when explorers would bring dead crocodiles back from the Middle and Far East and sell them as mummified dragons? ...Is that even a thing that happened? Because I\\\'m pretty sure it is, but I can\\\'t find any confirmation via a cursory Google search.
Additionally, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RitrattoMuseoFerranteImperato.jpg this]] Wikipedia image may be a better illustration than the one currently linked at the top of the page. It\\\'s not as popular as the image of Ole Worm\\\'s cabinet, but it is (according to TheOtherWiki) the first cabinet of natural history and has a and has a large alligator corpse as the centerpiece of the ceiling exhibits. It may have been passed around to accidentally become the standard for what a natural history cabinet (including alchemical nature, and thus apothecaries and wizardry) should be, a la the stereotype-meme mentioned above.
Additionally, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RitrattoMuseoFerranteImperato.jpg this]] Wikipedia image may be a better illustration than the one currently linked at the top of the page. It\\\'s not as popular as the image of Ole Worm\\\'s cabinet, but it is (according to TheOtherWiki) the first cabinet of natural history and has a and has a large alligator corpse as the centerpiece of the ceiling exhibits. It may have been passed around to accidentally become the standard for what a natural history cabinet (including alchemical nature, and thus apothecaries and wizardry) should be, a la the stereotype-meme mentioned above.
