Archive for May, 2008

How do we know that marine dinosaurs did not have gills?

Thursday, May 29th, 2008
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Alpha asked:


For instance, with the Loch Ness monster everyone always assumes it draws air. How come we know that both Nessie and marine dinosaurs don’t have gills?

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Science question: Were humans on the planet when dinosaurs were roaming the earth?

Monday, May 19th, 2008
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Annoynomous A1 asked:


If so, wouldn’t we be extinct to when the meteor killed the dinosaurs?

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What wiped out all the sea-faring dinosaurs?

Friday, May 2nd, 2008
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Talisman asked:


I wonder what wiped out oceanic dinosaurs like the Plesiosaurs? Some claim large asteriods might have wiped out land dinosaurs, and that the ice age might have wiped out sea dinosaurs. That doesn’t seem right to me, since turtles survived, as well as prehistoric fish such as the Coelacanth? The sea seems to have plenty of food living at various depths – so what is the most plausible suggestion as to why some early animals survived, while plesiosaurs and other aquatic dinosaurs did not?

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