2006-07-05 01:48:35 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
I think there is a lot of focus on the dinosaurs because they suddenly went extinct, and that mass extinction may give us a clue as to how the world will end for us. A lot of scientists, when theorizing about the earth's final destruction, look at the dinosaurs for clues. Was it a meteor? Will a meteor strike earth once again and wipe out the human race? That is why it's so fascinating to study them.
2006-07-05 09:09:47 · answer #1 · answered by jlo5616 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Uhh, on a daily basis, they're really not. On a philosophical point, we should look at how long they lasted, and that it took a catastrophe to eliminate them (though crocodiles, alligators sharks and komodo dragons live on, with negligible evolutionary changes in so many millions of years, as they perfectly adapted so long ago and thus are, essentially, dinosaurs.)
2006-07-05 01:56:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1) Because they were big. 2) They annoy creationists. 3) There fossils provide a large amount of work for university lecturers and paleontologists and also create a large amount of revenue from their sales which helps the economy. 4) Their remains and the surrounding countryside of their time helps power the world. 5) They were all smarter and better looking than G W Bush. 6) Have I mentioned that they were very big.
2006-07-05 01:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by Git 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are so important because they are the most impressive animals ever to walk the Earth and have fuelled the imaginations of millions of people since their discovery.
2006-07-05 12:54:48 · answer #4 · answered by kano7_1985 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because a long time ago they all flew to Venus where they keep an eye on humanity and battle for the freedom of the planet
2006-07-05 01:59:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they were bigger (some of them at least). Would you argue with a T-Rex?
They provide us with insight on how a whole species could be wiped off the face of the Earth. We are certainly next, so any bit of information might help.
2006-07-05 03:39:03 · answer #6 · answered by Hrodulf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the high levels of CO2 in the atmosphere back then gave them erectile disfunction...ah, IMPORTANT??? Sorry....
2006-07-05 02:15:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Important to natural historians, and fascinating to kids and people whose brains never ossify into aDULLthood.
2006-07-06 05:45:18 · answer #8 · answered by corvis_9 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they prove the loony creationist theory is crackpot!
2006-07-05 01:52:30 · answer #9 · answered by Roxy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are important?
2006-07-05 01:56:34 · answer #10 · answered by Crystal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋