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

[Dora Smith <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

Thank you.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra@austin.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
To: "DML" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: "Dinosaurs Died Within Hours After Asteroid Hit Earth..."


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