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OpenStars@startrek.website 7 months agoFun fact: I heard that the meteor was not actually what killed them off, but rather even before that, changes in the atmosphere had already begun to make ginormous lizards a less viable solution.
Mammals were just so adaptable, that we adapted to the post-meteor changes, even as we had already been adapting to the before-meteor ones.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I am guessing that most, if not all, mass extinctions were a multi-cause issue.
OpenStars@startrek.website 7 months ago
Even so, one line of thinking along those lines is that the meteor did not in fact kill off the dinosaurs. It did manage to polish them off, but they were decreasing in prominence as mammals increased already. I doubt anyone could prove one way or another, but it’s a fascinating thought to ponder b/c if true, that would mean that the meteor was not the primary cause of their extinction:-). Maybe it was their lack of adaptability? As in, they were fossils even when they were alive:-P.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Birds are, essentially, dinosaurs. Dinosaurs never died out, they just got smaller.
OpenStars@startrek.website 7 months ago
I know what you mean but… actually it’s more like crocs, alligators, and gila monsters are the “dinosaurs” - especially since that word essentially means “large lizard”:-P. Birds are also their descendents its true but they kinda also have their own thing going on, having abandoned their origins in favor of that.
You’re not wrong though:-).