Hello Lovely Scientist<\/p>\n
My name is Sophie and I am 7 years old. My dad told me about the scientists at the CSIRO. Would it be possible if you can make a dragon for me. I would like it if you could but if you can\u2019t that\u2019s fine.
\nI would call it toothless if it was a girl and if it is a boy I would name it Stuart.
\nI would keep it in my special green grass area where there are lots of space. I would feed it raw fish and I would put a collar on it. If it got hurt I would bandage it if it hurt himself. I would play with it every weekend when there is no school.
\nLove from Sophie<\/p>\n
While CSIRO did respond to Sophie’s letter, and promised to accelerate their Dragon R&D–unfortunately, the word was not all good… they had no dragons or dragon eggs to use to help fulfill little Sophies request.<\/p>\n We\u2019ve been doing science since 1926 and we\u2019re quite proud of what we have achieved. We\u2019ve put\u00a0polymer banknotes in your wallet, insect repellent on your limbs and Wi-Fi in your devices. But\u00a0we\u2019ve missed something.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There are no dragons.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Over the past 87 odd years we have not been able to create a dragon or dragon eggs. We have sighted an eastern bearded dragon at one of our telescopes<\/a>, observed dragonflies<\/a>\u00a0and even measured body temperatures<\/a> of the mallee dragon. But our work has never ventured into dragons of the mythical, fire breathing variety.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n And for this Australia, we are sorry.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last week the Scientific American<\/a> hypothesised whether dragon fire would be produced by flint, gas, or rocket fuel. We already do some research in alternative fuels<\/a>, so perhaps dragon fuel is a good area for us to start accelerating our dragon R&D program. Hobbit fans would have observed the amount of fire in Smaug\u2019s belly. But how much energy could it produce? Would dragon fuel be a low emissions option?<\/p>\n Thanks for the fuel for thought, Sophie. We\u2019re looking into it. In the meantime, you can always admire the brood of\u00a0Daenerys Targaryen<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Alas — Poor Sophia it appears would have to continue on without her very own Dragon… or would she? CSIRO promised to look into it, and today they released this news…<\/p>\n Sophie\u2019s letter, and our response, made an unexpected splash across the globe. It was featured on TIME<\/a>, Huffington Post<\/a>, The Independent<\/a>,\u00a0Yahoo<\/a>, Breakfast TV<\/a>, the list goes on.\u00a0People contacted us offering to help, financial institutions tweeted their support<\/a> and DreamWorks Studios<\/a> phoned (seriously), saying they knew how to train dragons and wanted to speak with Sophie. The dreams of one little girl went viral.<\/p>\n We couldn\u2019t sit here and do nothing. After all, we promised Sophie we would look into it.<\/p>\n So this morning at 9:32 a.m. (AEDT), a dragon was born.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Toothless is currently en route from Lab 22 in Melbourne to Sophie\u2019s home in Brisbane.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sophie\u2019s mother Melissah said Sophie was overjoyed with our response and has been telling everyone dragon breath can be a new fuel.\u00a0\u201dAll her friends are now saying they want to be a scientist and Sophie says she now wants to work at CSIRO. She\u2019s saying Australian scientists can do anything,\u201d Melissah told the Canberra Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n Well–there you have it–good deeds inspiring future scientific breakthroughs. All thanks to a little girl who dreamed of having a dragon… and the many supporters and scientists that said “Why not?!”<\/p>\n![\"dragon\"](\"http:\/\/www.vickiscloud.com\/9\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/dragon.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/a>Toothless is Born (3d Printed using Titanium)<\/em><\/p>\n