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Originally Posted by Agan
But how did the dragons themselves stand the heat? I would imagine Glaurung had quite a sore throat after burning some trees... I'm rather sure even Melkor couldn't make them as heat-resistant bodies as they needed.
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Come on, it's fiction, not science  If we start looking for too scientific explanations, all we'll result with is most likely a headache. For me, it is enough to think that if a dragon's body can produce flame then it must be able to stand the heat. It's like... umm... well, like the poison a snake secretes doesn't harm the snake itself, because it has an immunity to it.
Do I make sense?
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