#Toothday –
#Halloween edition 🐲🎃🤪☠️ (and rabbit hole edition)
I found this photo by accident earlier today. I took it in 2019 at the newly opened
#HausDerBayerischenGeschichte in
#Regensburg, a museum dedicated to the history and culture of
#Bavaria.
It's the head of
#Tradinno the
#dragon (lovingly called Fanny by the locals), who is the star of the
#FurtherDrachenstich or "Slaying the dragon" play –
#Germany's oldest local
#theatre play, which has taken place in the town of
#FurthImWald since 1590. Of course, this dragon isn't 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 old – this model has been drawing the crowds since 2010. It was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest walking robot. Remote-operated by four people, Tradinno is 15.5 metres (50 ft) long and 4.5 metres (15 ft) high, weighs 11 tonnes, and boasts 140 horsepower. It moves around, displays facial expressions, carries 80 litres of stage blood, and can spread its wings to an impressive 12-metre (39 ft) wingspan. It also spits fire over 5 metres (16 ft) and roars. Aaaand is slain by the newly-knighted Udo year after year, the poor thing.
The spectacle takes place in August and features hundreds of performers. When it's not busy being slain, the dragon resides in a "dragon cave" in
#Furth, where it welcomes visitors eager to learn more about
#dragons,
#animatronics, and the famous play.
The
#HdBG museum only displays a life-size replica of the dragon's head, complete with 36 sharp
#teeth, but I applaud their level of detail! 🤭
Edit: If you want to see the dragon in action, another user posted a video under
#FurtherDrachenstich!
#Bayern #Drachenstich #Lindwurm #Drache #Drachen #FurtherDrache #animatronic #robot #Roboter #Schreitroboter #walkingRobot #Theater #Schauspiel #Volksschauspiel #Zollner #ZollnerElektronik 
~meoralis~
Pernilla
