Re: Honkers: new theory of dinosaur extinction

["ashmidt" <ashmidt@flash.net>]

This is hilarious.  Who's to say that dinosaurs even made sounds when
mating, or if it was pleasurable at all?  Alligators mate underwater
silently, most birds don't scream either.  Now if they were like cats... ^_^
----- Original Message -----
From: <bh480@scn.org>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 11:00 AM
Subject: Honkers: new theory of dinosaur extinction


> Copyright 2002 MGN Ltd.
> The Mirror  August 19, 2002, Monday
> NOISY SEX KILLED DINOS
> A NEW dinosaur extinction theory claims dinosaurs died out
> because they made too much noise mating.
> Japanese archaeologist Dr Rikao Yanagida claims the noise
> of a 50 metre long, 100-ton seismosaurus mating would be
> so loud other other smaller dinosaurs in the area would
> have been killed by the noise - robbing carnivores of
> potential prey. Yanagida said: "The biggest dinosaurs
> would have found sex to be an exhausting rather than a
> pleasurable activity."
> But Osaka University professor Kunio Kojima dismissed the
> theory.
> He said: "With dinosaurs, basically cold-blooded
> creatures, they weren't able to control whether they were
> hot or cold.
> "It's a unique theory but I think it's more natural to
> believe they became extinct because they couldn't adapt to
> climactic changes resulting from dust clouds caused by a
> meteorite impact."
>
>