14 DAY TRIAL // Seven-year-old Sophie from Queensland, Australia, wrote an adorable letter to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in order to ask them for a pet dragon. The very impressed scientists wrote an official apology on their website in order to tell the little girl that their study on the matter is still not very developed.
The girl was so passionate about the famous animated movie, “How to Train Your Dragon,” starring a boy and his pet dragon, that she thought about all the necessary conditions needed to raise a pet and told scientists about her plans to feed it, nurture and care for it.
The “lovely scientists” from the research center politely communicated the fact that, despite their study, they still didn't have the chance to encounter a real, fire-breathing mythical dragon and that, instead of that kind of animal, they can build the girl a 3D version of the famous creature from the movie.
The Australian researchers worked towards building a mythical creature for the little girl after her letter made “an unexpected splash across the globe” and was featured in major media publications. People from all over the world showed their support on social media sites and turned Sophie's dream into a viral sensation.
After the lovely letter they received, the hard-working scientists from the center couldn't just sit around and do nothing about the matter, and decided to fulfill the child's wish with a faithful replica of the animation character.
“So this morning at 9:32 am, a dragon was born,” the scientists wrote on their website and posted a picture of Toothless, a blue female dragon. They used electron beams to 3D print the titanium dragon, from the Seadragonus giganticus maximus species.
The 7-year-old girl was more than amazed with the research center's response and praised their work, telling all of her friends that “Australian scientists can do anything.” Sophie also had a few ideas about her future career, being determined to become a scientists and join the CSIRO team.
