Re:Impact only a part of it all...

[btownley@sirius.com (Bruce Townley)]

On Tue, 11 Aug 1998 01:22:02 Roy Nash sent Re:Impact only a part of it all...

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>(3)     Turtles - I was interested to see the post claiming they were virtually
>        unscathed - perhaps they had laid their eggs deep enough that many of
>these   survived the    fire-storms ! Same for surviving crocodiles ?

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This is a very interesting, thought-provoking observation. Were the turtles
and crocodilians the only egg-burying reptiles that survived the K-T event?
Of course, this very elegant observation isn't exactly problem free. The
eggs of crocodilians are very heat sensitive, with the sex of the babies
changing with a mere degree or two. Think a firestorm raging above tend to
"impact" that process.

See yez,


Bruce T.
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