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[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I wonder if you could see the meteor in the sky approaching in the days and hours leading up it.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Arguably the bleakest TV show of all-time, based solely on the ending.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There were always hints that the lighthearted sitcom was actually darker than it seemed, but the ending, my god... how many kids were traumatized by that? Lots of kids watched Dinosaurs.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

As an adult, It makes me so happy that they "went there" though. But I also still remember being sad. The pan away to the snowy, doomed landscape. Man.

Had to watch it again.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, that show had some amazing environmental messages in it for something people thought was just silly comedy. All the Dinosaurs had last names of oil companies. Earl's job was literally helping to deforest the planet. They also covered things like gender roles and even sexual harassment. It was an amazingly progressive show with a strong political message that a lot of people entirely missed because "not da mama!"

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago

Also Ferngully. Though that was maybe pretty hard to miss.

[–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks 1 points 10 months ago

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[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

The way we're going, it's prescient.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fun 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 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I am guessing that most, if not all, mass extinctions were a multi-cause issue.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Birds are, essentially, dinosaurs. Dinosaurs never died out, they just got smaller.

[–] OpenStars@startrek.website -4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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:-).

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Crocs are about as far away from dinosaurs as an archosaur can get. They split off from them very early on. Note where birds fall on this chart on the other hand.

[–] lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

According to this you could: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFCbJmgeHmA

Runs through the whole process and is an interesting watch.

[–] Nudding@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Fuck yeah thanks. Don't know how I missed this lol.

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