Re: Long, long last gasp.

[John Bois <jbois@umd5.umd.edu>]

On Sun, 25 Jan 2004 ee555@freenet.carleton.ca wrote:

> So I am making the assumtion that all flying animals could have been
> grounded in most places for a few days, and pointing out the advantages in
> relative size of wings and maneuverability of birds on the ground.

Yes. And I hijacked your argument.  Sorry about that.

> The important question here is would there have been enough bad weather
> after the K-T event to cause this world wide, and the answer is probably no.

I agree with you...and note: this is a fairly wide error bar from "the
answer is probably yes."

> The ocean even in the Cretaceous was not a bathtub.

Yes.