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True but that varies in movies. The question was could dragons have existed not could Drogon exist in Game of Thrones. Shades coming out of mirrors don't exist either.
Do you know how the legends of dragons came about?
Back before people understood carbon dating and the planets long long past people were finding these massive fossil bones which had qualities of birds but much much larger. They couldn't explain it and without meat and bones assumed these things were not only massive but also full of muscle and fat. The bones were stone due to the aging and fossil process so it was assumed they had qualities of fire because how else would the bones be stone. All wrong mostly but it didn't stop the imagination and mind.
As for the weight part, yes we know physics now, but even 40 years ago we assumed these creatures I said above to be light, then they doubled the weight estimate, and again in the past 15 years from 200-300 to 400-550 lbs. What if we find another fossil of those types or a new one that in 10 years says 500-1000 lbs doubling again? How much would you say Drogon weighs? I'm not saying something as massive as he is now exists. I am saying it is possible something larger than we knew existed and what we know existed is already fucking terrifying when you think of it. My house is 26 feet front to back. Already something longer( wider in wing span ) than that lived and flew and they suggest it could fly 80mph for 10 days straight meaning it could travel 12000 miles in just over a week without rest. That is pretty nuts.
Drogon is bigger than any land animal that has ever walked the earth, never mind any hovering animal. Come on man.