tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post1863601786392986473..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Dino NewsSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-60768856862867218062009-05-07T15:31:00.000-07:002009-05-07T15:31:00.000-07:00I think maybe people don't want to admit that exti...I think maybe people don't want to admit that extinction just happens. They would rather think it takes something drastic and spectacular.Moro Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03170995132520805860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-40598133640316993292009-05-06T22:06:00.000-07:002009-05-06T22:06:00.000-07:00Bakker had a fairly convincing case; frogs and oth...Bakker had a fairly convincing case; frogs and other animals that <I>ought</I> to be sensitive to the sort of worldwide nuclear winter the impact was supposed to cause in order to kill off the dinosaurs did not go extinct. At the same time, dinosaur diversity was at an all-time low, or so he argues, given the vagaries and finite resolution of the fossil record, I'm not sure how much confidence that statement can be made with.<br /><br />And IIRC there were some other really big impacts during the Mesozooic. The dinosaurs were in control for a long time, so they would have survived some pretty hairy catastrophes before whatever it was at KT did them in.Neutrino Cannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975378867727506317noreply@blogger.com