Re: Theories on the extinction of dinosaurs

[fredericus ruhe <fredruhe@xs4all.nl>]

At 12:55 19-11-1999 -0500, you wrote:
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>On Fri, 19 Nov 1999 Dinogeorge@aol.com wrote:
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>> Perhaps the situation is like that of the heart patient who is shot to
death. 
>> He was at death's door already, but the cause of death is still the gunshot.
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>Horner made a point against this.  The last passenger pigeon was
>killed (I think) by pneumonia.  Saying they became extinct because of
>pneumonia may be technically true, but it is a rather shallow statement.
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When there is only one specimen of a species left, technically the species
is already extinct!

Fred Ruhe