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

[Vlad Petnicki <bucketfoot-al@justice.com>]

On Sat, 29 May 2004 09:51:01 -0700, Mickey Mortimer
wrote:

> 
> Vlad Petnicki wrote-
> 
> > > > How come they were the only dinosaurs?
> > > 
> > > They were small. They weren't directly dependent
on
> > > green plant parts. They
> > > were able to fly, allowing them to live off widely
> > > dispersed food. This
> > > sounds plausible, I think.
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> *cough* deinonychosaurs *cough* oviraptorosaurs
*cough*
> segnosaurs ...
> 
> Mickey Mortimer

*Cough* Land-dwelling critters much LARGER than most
birds.  VERY UNLIKELY to have been living in burrows. 
And, given the birds super-light construction, much
heavier (thus requiring much more food by an even
larger factor than did birds.)  Ever heard of "Occam's
Razor"? *Cough*

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