In 1975, three 14-year-old boys were playing on the side of the road in western Colorado. They found some bones not knowing exactly what type, they told their schoolteacher.

What the students didn't know is that they discovered and unknown specimen. Their teacher Dick Jones helped to save the specimen from the destruction of backhoes.

As the dragon boat festival started, a gathering of the best athletes gathered in Suzhou Creek to participate in the boat race. The race is believed to have originated from an ancient religious ritual to prevent floods dating more than 3,000 years ago. People believed that they would be blessed by the water gods after holding the races.

A closer look at it reveals that these great serpent-like creatures, usually associated with the rainbow, seem to bear the closest resemblance to the Chinese mythical dragon.

The rainbow serpent is commonly depicted in its terrifying animal form, with a serpent-like body, kangaroo or horse-like head, crocodile teeth, ears or crown of feathers, long, spiked body and fish tail.

Similarly, the form of the Chinese dragon is also a compound of species: the body of a serpent with the scales of a fish, the claws of an eagle, and the horns of a deer.

There are also much deeper connotations of the two figures which suggest the links between myths in Australia and China.

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