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First they came for the velociraptors, and I did not chomp them - because I was not a velociraptor.
Then they came for the stegosauruses, and I did not chomp them - because I was not a stegosaurus.
Then they came for the triceratops, and I did not chomp them - because I was not a triceratops.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to chomp them for me.
-Theodore Rex
Go back to your little hut that I had to build for you. Your age is long gone, chicken!
Is it though?
I wonder if you could see the meteor in the sky approaching in the days and hours leading up it.
Arguably the bleakest TV show of all-time, based solely on the ending.
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.
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.
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!"
Also Ferngully. Though that was maybe pretty hard to miss.
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The way we're going, it's prescient.
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.
I am guessing that most, if not all, mass extinctions were a multi-cause issue.
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.
Birds are, essentially, dinosaurs. Dinosaurs never died out, they just got smaller.
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:-).
Paleontologists would disagree and it's their field of expertise.
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/fighting-dinos/birds-living-dinosaurs
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.
According to this you could: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFCbJmgeHmA
Runs through the whole process and is an interesting watch.
Fuck yeah thanks. Don't know how I missed this lol.
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Even if mammals will grow bigger, they will never threaten dinosaurs to go extinct
What do you mean extinct?
My 'sona is literally a dragon/troodonid hybrid.
Dino D-Day Propaganda
Those are my ancestors there 🥹
Agreed
This is truly amazing!
Is this from that book of West of Eden? I haven't read it yet 🥲
I'm with you on that totally.