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Feb 9, 2019 11:05:56   #
dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho
 
Senior Photog wrote:
Just think of the food supply!
T-Rex steaks, burgers, Jerky, etc.
And we'd all have leather jackets.
...Joe in NJ


And firearms, big ones.

Dennis

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Feb 9, 2019 11:09:31   #
pendennis
 
There have been lots of theories about the Dinosaurs, and that extinction would have come at some point regardless a comet/meteorite collision.

Dinosaurs were at the top of the food chain, but at that "height", they become prey to smaller creatures; both macro- and microscopic. The big ones were susceptible to insect bites, which could kill them just as quickly from ailments like diarrhea and its causes. There were also viral infections with no known animal resistance.

The slower the animal, the more susceptible to unrelenting attacks by smaller creatures like velociraptors, who were pack hunters.

Despite its fast and loose use of facts and mixing of eras, "Jurassic Park" wasn't far off.

There's also lots of evidence that shows the dinosaurs didn't die in an epic instant kill-off. The carnivores likely survived for a short period of time, since their diet was killed off first, and they fed on the remains before turning on each other.

Jack Horner and Robert Bakker are just two who have a slightly different view of the history.

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Feb 9, 2019 11:10:45   #
bodiebill
 
Dinosaur flatulence did them in!!
Al Gore was (is) a caveman in those days.

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Feb 9, 2019 11:14:24   #
bodiebill
 
If the first one missed the second (3rd, 4th, etc.) one would hit.
Same scenario.
Goodbye Dinosaurs.

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Feb 9, 2019 11:23:52   #
mwoods222 Loc: Newburg N.Y,
 
INTERESTING

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Feb 9, 2019 13:17:18   #
Halftrack
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Suppose that asteroid that probably wiped out the dinosaurs had missed the earth. Would the dinosaurs have continued to thrive? They roamed the earth for about 165 million years. That's an incredibly long time. Humans have been around for just a fraction of that long. It is said that the demise of the dinosaurs gave mammals - like us humans - a chance to thrive. So, without that asteroid...


God got it right, like He always does.

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Feb 9, 2019 16:25:07   #
DIRTY HARRY Loc: Hartland, Michigan
 
senior señor or señor senior or whatever...

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Feb 9, 2019 16:41:28   #
KTJohnson Loc: Northern Michigan
 
It's all conjecture. Look carefully at what all the articles on this subject actually say:

generally accepted

widely agreed

a new study says

research suggests

some scientists maintain

believed to be

could have caused

may have

some have suggested

scientists estimated

according to the hypothesis

we haven't resolved the details

All of those phrases "suggest" that they don't really have a clue about what actually happened.

I'll take it from the One in authority.

"And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven, and everything that is in the earth shall die. But with thee (Noah) will I establish My covenant, and thou shalt come into the ark, thou and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee." Genesis 6: 17-18

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Feb 9, 2019 16:41:38   #
davyboy Loc: Anoka Mn.
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Suppose that asteroid that probably wiped out the dinosaurs had missed the earth. Would the dinosaurs have continued to thrive? They roamed the earth for about 165 million years. That's an incredibly long time. Humans have been around for just a fraction of that long. It is said that the demise of the dinosaurs gave mammals - like us humans - a chance to thrive. So, without that asteroid...

Just ask God, he created this earth!

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Feb 9, 2019 16:41:55   #
AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Pollution wouldn't be a problem, though. : )



pendennis posted " The big ones were susceptible to insect bites, which could kill them just as quickly from ailments like diarrhea and its causes". There goes Your theory about no pollution.





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Feb 9, 2019 17:52:22   #
WiscJim Loc: Dousman, WI
 
Yeah, I'd like see a T Rex back button focus and steady a long lens with those tiny arms!😄

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Feb 9, 2019 18:56:39   #
bwana Loc: Bergen, Alberta, Canada
 
jerryc41 wrote:
Suppose that asteroid that probably wiped out the dinosaurs had missed the earth. Would the dinosaurs have continued to thrive? They roamed the earth for about 165 million years. That's an incredibly long time. Humans have been around for just a fraction of that long. It is said that the demise of the dinosaurs gave mammals - like us humans - a chance to thrive. So, without that asteroid...

65 million years of reptilian evolution... Intelligent, small reptiles. Probably far more technologically advanced than us 200,000 year hominins!?

bwa

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Feb 9, 2019 21:14:38   #
n3eg Loc: West coast USA
 
Let's not forget that prehistoric people also hunted animals into extinction. How long would it have taken to run out of Rexburgers?

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Feb 9, 2019 23:27:47   #
Virgil Loc: The Hoosier State
 
I saw a program where they may try to clone T-Rex. If they are successful, where will they keep it and what the heck will they feed it???

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Feb 10, 2019 05:19:12   #
rpavich Loc: West Virginia
 
[quote=jerryc41]Suppose that asteroid that probably wiped out the dinosaurs had missed the earth.

Assuming that wild guess is correct.

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Would the dinosaurs have continued to thrive?


Who knows....another wild, unfounded guess?

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They roamed the earth for about 165 million years.


No they didn't.

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That's an incredibly long time.


Yes it is.

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Humans have been around for just a fraction of that long.


About 6000 years....just like the dino's

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It is said that the demise of the dinosaurs gave mammals - like us humans - a chance to thrive. So, without that asteroid...


I guess some make wild-a$$ed-guesses about that, I don't. I trust the one who was there and said how it went down.

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