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Acid-spitting dragons

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I did a lot of research and asking questions about dragons' breathing ability:

Here's what I found

  • using pyrophoric subtances : impossible

  • using two chemical reactions like a bombadier beetle: impossible

  • using flammable subtances and sparks by either electric or metallic

    May work, but can only be used once and having that kind of stuff may or may not be impossible

I can see how breathing fire sounds a little more far fetched so my only theory is that dragons in real life are able to spit acid

Let's say that this dragon sprays acid like a spitting cobra, and it spits for defense.

What kind of acid, or maybe enzyme, can a dragon spray that's strong enough to feel like it's fire?

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