Re: "Dinosaurs Died Within Hours After Asteroid Hit Earth..."

[Vlad Petnicki <bucketfoot-al@justice.com>]

On Sat, 29 May 2004 18:53:41 +0200, David Marjanovic
wrote:

> 
> > And - they had FEATHERS, which turned out to be
> > remarkably good insulation against cold - think of
> > birds huddling together in a burrow, and you get an
> > idea why they survived while the dinosaurs did not.
> 
> Once more:
> - most birds did die out;
> - likewise, lots of mammals died out;

Which points out even more the catastrophic nature of
the KT 'event'.

> - while lizards were heavily culled and turtles didn't
> exactly sail through
> unscathed, many of them survived, and crocodiles fared
> even better, so that
> alone can't be it;

*Sigh* Cold-blooded animals require much less food
(crocs can go a year without eating), AND can go into a
state of a type of HIBERNATION UNDERGROUND.  THAT is
the most logical reason as to why the cold-blooded
animals fared much better in the aftermath of KT.


> - most if not all small theropods of the time, not
just
> birds, had feathers.

See my previous post about those.

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