I know how the dinosaurs become extinct?

Question

Actually it was really quite simple when I thought about it - dinosaurs became extinct because their eggs were constantly being eaten by other mammals more frequently than they could have a chance to lay more. Obviously, the sneaky animals outwit the clunky dinos in this case.

Mammals like us have a basic instinct to eat the eggs of other animals. It's really no wonder how the non egg-laying mammals became the dominant species on this planet.

Perhaps the modern reptiles of today still exist because they found a way to - a. become smaller and be more protective of their eggs or b. find a way to make their eggs poisenous/disgusting to other animals.

Asteroid, pft! Thoughts?

Answer 1

Evolutionists say the dinosaurs died out about 65-70 million years ago. How? Well, there are over 50 different theories. Let me just list a few:
-Mammals eating dinosaur eggs (like you said).
-New narcotic plants evolving.
-Global cooling/global warming.
-Loss of plants causing herbivores to starve which in turn caused the carnivores to starve.
-A supernova exploded nearby, spraying the earth with radiation.
-A passing comet poisoned the earth with chemicals.
-One of the current favorites is the “deep impact” theory proposed by the geologist Walter Alvarez in about 1980. This theory states that a meteor strike caused dramatic climate changes much like a “nuclear winter” which supposedly caused the extinction of the dinosaurs and many other animals. His evidence was his discovery of an alleged world-wide layer of clay with a high iridium content, which is found in meteorites. Well, there are plenty of papers that talk about the problems with this theory. One, is that the earth’s core also has iridium in it that can be brought up by volcanos. Many Creationists believe Noah's Flood would have caused the greatest volcanoes that there have ever been, and some believe God pelted the earth with meteors during the Flood as well.

Many evolutionists though, don’t think dinosaurs are extinct anyway. The entrance to the bird exhibit at the Cincinnati zoo in Ohio has or had a sign that said: “Dinosaurs went extinct millions of years ago—or did they? No, birds are essentially modern short-tailed feathered dinosaurs.” First of all, bird evolution is one of the most controversial areas in evolutionary paleontology and evolutionists often disagree and criticize each other. We hear a lot of reports of feathered dinosaurs being found, but what you rarely hear, is that the main candidates are believed by many experts to simply be frayed collagen fibers, or hair like structures that could have supported a frill or crest like those on iguanas, or are on animals that are not dinosaurs, but flightless birds. The drawings are certainly not what we find; they are just the artists’ imagination. Dr. Alan Feduccia, a world authority on birds and an evolutionist, along with his coworkers have presented a substantial body of evidence to support their view that there are, in fact, no known dinosaurs with feathers (they believe birds evolved from different reptiles, but not dinosaurs).

Many Creationists believe Noah's Flood would have drastically changed the climate of the earth (cooler temperatures, more radiation, etc.), and that there was a short ice age after the flood. Some Creationists think the dinosaurs that survived the Flood where not able to cope so well in the new environment. They also believe that is the reason why man’s life-span shortened so much after the Flood.

Another possibility is that dinosaurs may have become extinct for the same reason that many animals become extinct today. Why do we have endangered species programs? Extinction is the rule. Why? People killing them, lack of food, man destroying the environment, catastrophes, disease, genetic problems, and so on. I’ve read that in the last 350 years, about 400 species have disappeared and some say the number is much greater.

Let’s think for a minute—countries all over the world have stories of dragon slayers. Perhaps man killed them for food, sport, or because they were a nuisance. I think we just didn’t start our endangered species programs early enough.

Another thing, is that there have been (even recently) reports of strange animals in the Amazon and the Congo that sound a lot like dinosaurs. And there are reports of giant flying reptiles in Indonesia, and so forth. There are thousands of square miles of almost impenetrable swamps and thick jungle in the world. Natives in some of these places describe beasts that fit with what just might be dinosaurs. And what about all the sightings of lake monsters? This is a field called cryptozoology—the search for hidden animals. There just might be a few dinosaurs left, teetering on the edge of extinction. We are constantly discovering new species of animals and plants in remote areas. A tree can’t run away and hide and yet the Wollemi Pine Tree avoided detection until just recently (said to have become extinct millions of years ago).

Answer 2

True Mammals occured around 200 mya, and small potentially hot-blooded, potentially furry precursors even earlier than that who were capable of stealing eggs. From that time until the extinction of non-Avian Dinosaurs there was a period of 135 million years.

There are some things which need explaining with this theory:

1. How does a mammal at most the size of a badger steal an egg from a (for instance) 120 foot long mother if that creature refuses to get up off the nest?
2. Why, in the course of a veritable explosion of new Dinosaur species from the early Jurassic to the late Cretaceous, did the dinosaurs never adapt to this worldwide assault on their eggs?
a) If it was a late Cretaceous Mammalian adaptation that gave them an advantage over late cretaceous dinosaurs, what is the candidate adaptation? Think hard about this one - if there isn't one, then the theory rests on the ego of the mammal who made it.
3. Even if it does turn out to be extinction by over-predation, why would you assume mammals over egg stealing snakes, birds and dinosaurs?

Answer 3

if im helping you with homework, im not proud. DINOSAUR EXTINCTION Why did dinosaurs become extinct? There have been many ideas to explain why dinosaurs became extinct. At least 55 different theories have been suggested and then thrown out because of problems. For instance, a theory that works for the large animals usually does not explain the extinction of the small animals or sea creatures. Whatever happened to dinosaurs, scientists agree that it must have affected the whole world

Answer 4

No. Many dinosaurs laid eggs in a nursery-creche setting and so could have protected their eggs against predation. And we have other aspects of the K/T mass extinction event, such as the extinction of marine forms (no egg eating mammals there) and extinction of 70% of plant species as well. The best supported theory for the K/T mass extinction event is asteroid impact, with the runner up massive volcanism (google Decca traps) leading to climate change.

Answer 5

I think the mammals ate the eggs over an extended period , this theory stands up better than the volcano or cosmic asteroid impact, of course they didn t just eat eggs but its an easy hunt, it explains why birds remain, they were inherently more able to protect their eggs. It works. I think its just too simple for the scientists. Ok tell me this if the impact caused the deaths how is it bird survived, one would reasonably expect them to have taken the biggest hit ..so to speak.

Answer 6

Chuck Norris lead the flintstones to fight off the dinosaurs.
This moment in history was later known as the yabadaba-war

Answer 7

This hypothesis of " yours " was posited by the paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews almost 60 years ago. Keep trying, though.

Answer 8

I concure with your findings.

This is "why" so many cave paintings were found depicting early man cooking such large omeletes.

Answer 9

Don't you have anything better to think about

Answer 10

Is this a question or a statement?