If the dinasaurs were destroyed because of meteor collision...?

Question

They say the the dinasaur population was destroyed because of meteor collision with the earth. If that is true then how come other species and animals survived? Doesn't make any sense.

someone answered "dinasaurs where the only animals during that time". If that's the case, how come other species evolved from microbes again, but dinasaurs never did. Didn't dinasaurs evolve from micro organism in the first place.

Again my question is , if everything re evolved again after the distruction of dinasaur, why couldn't they evolve again, when the earth become more habitable. Every other animal and birds evolved.

Answer 1

Some other animals were able to survive in the Ice Age that followed it. There are some animals that have survived since the Dinosaurs, Like Crocodiles and other small reptiles.

Answer 2

Animals like mammals were burrowing creatures at that time and had already adapted to survival underground. Some also had the ability to hibernate for prolonged periods. The dinosaurs died out for the most part because many were enormous animals that required large amounts of food, while smaller species required less food less frequently. It should be noted that not all dinosaur species were destroyed and that they later evolved into some of our modern day reptiles and birds.

Answer 3

There were no doubt some dinosaur survivors, but the survivors of other species; early mammals, birds and plants were all competing in the aftermath. The apex predators were gone, but the remnant of each had advantages that the dinosaurs did not. Insects where feeding off of newly emerging flowering plants that had seeds that were more durable then the previous plants so they proved more durable. The small mammals ate fruit and thus spread seeds, the Dino's ate the leaves of the plants they fed on, stressing the already damaged plants they needed, so while the dinosaur remnant was killing off what was left of its seed stock, the mammals and insects where teaming up to spread the plants that were inedible to the dinosaurs. The mammals could feed on the Dino eggs, the Dino's could not feed so easily on the protected and carried young of the mammals. In the end, it was a cooperative effort among a select group of survivors that determined who would survive and laid the groundwork for the all the fruit, milk and honey we grew up with (seeds, nursing and social insects) in the end the dinosaurs got ganged up on and beaten to oblivion.

Answer 4

What I heard in school, many years ago on that topic, is that the meterors caused tar pits, and that the dinos some how got into the tar pits, and that it was the tar pits which killed the entire population of dinasaurs. You're right, it doesn't make much sense that other existing animals survived. BUt a lot of the animals we have had since then, theoretically didn't exist, as we know them.

Answer 5

First of all it wasn't a meteor that destroyed the dinosaurs. Dinosaurs went extinct due to an ice age. A lot of the animals didn't make it through the ice age, and some of them did. For example: fish is a prehistoric living creature back in the era of the dinosaurs, and still today, they live; take a look at the alligators, they are a prehistoric lizard during the era of the dinosaurs and we still have them today as well; take a look at the snakes, they are the same as today. Back in the dinosaurs era they had pterodactyls (bird) and in today's world they are known as the buzzard (bird) More and more of the dinosaurs are still being discovered today.

Answer 6

Dinosaurs were the only animals around at the time besides cockroaches, crocodiles, and some others. Dinosaurs couldn't handle the change to a cold climate. Even today lizards need to be in warm weather.

Answer 7

Because dinosaurs could not adapt as easily, and therefore died out. Some actually did evolve though, in what we see today as birds and other reptiles, such as crocodiles. The mammals of the period, however, were generally small and could easily evolve over shorter periods.

Answer 8

No animal larger than 1 kilogram survived the KT extinction. Small mammals, birds, reptiles, etc., survived, in small numbers, they survived. It makes sense since small animals can survive for years on rotting larger animals.

Answer 9

The large dinosaurs died out. Smaller ones survived and were very successful. They are called birds.

Answer 10

mammals&others could adapt faster.

It was not the explosion that killed them, but all the dust that blocked the sun and changed the climate, so there was less food.