What is the the most likely root cause of dinosaurs' extinction ?

Correct answer: Climate change brought on by asteroid impact and volcanism.

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chgamer
chgamer
My son said it was because dinosaurs couldn't brush their teeth. Teeth fell out, dinos couldn't eat, dinos all died. Sounds plausible.
CatPowers57
CatPowers57
chgamer, lol That’s adorable!!
Hermz112
Hermz112
chgamer, your son will grow up to be a great man 😃
..4144..
..4144..
Cigarette smoking per The Far side!
Player GruffSecretAg
Player GruffSecretAg
No, Fred Flintstone killed them all off!
Montana Lady
Montana Lady
QuackingTank2311, it's not a new idea, they've known that birds are the closest relatives to the dinosaurs for a long time. Now they have the fossil evidence and partial DNA to prove it.
Biff
Biff
The word dinosaur is a relatively new term that means terrible lizard. Don't we still have some of those around today? Alligators aren't exactly pretty, are they?
Montana Lady
Montana Lady
scotty G, like the "theory of gravity"? Perhaps you need to look up what a scientific theory is. It means whatever is stated is considered a fact unless you can in some way disprove it.... There is proof both events occured and the time when they both occurred... Then, above the K-T boundary anywhere in the world, no dinosaur remains have ever been found. (My mom's a paleontologist.)
Nutshell
Nutshell
People asked, how can an asteroid cause climate change? It comes down to carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. Humans today are causing climate change by putting a little over 32 gigatons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year. The asteroid that hit was enormous and smashed a huge portion of a calcium carbonate shelf, which sent 1400 gigatons of CO2 into the earth's atmosphere all at once. So it created the same changes we are... but instantly. https://eos.org/articles/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-impact-made-huge-dead-zones-in-oceans
Player #2445394
Player #2445394
Sherri, It's a proven fact that Humans were NOT around when Dinosaurs roamed the Earth ! Humans came about millions of years after Dinosaurs died out !! And on what day did God Make Dinosaurs ??
Firebird
Firebird
chgamer, Your son sounds really adorable 🥰
Penn
Penn
It was the flood
Thummper
Thummper
chgamer, love his answers
Kobimtochukwu
Kobimtochukwu
I thought it was because of early haunting by humans
Miguel
Miguel
The dinossaur are have focus
prosperous
prosperous
chgamer, lolol..yes
Mom mom Cindy
Mom mom Cindy
Zizzlestix, dragons
Mom mom Cindy
Mom mom Cindy
it was THE FLOOD!
Jānis R.
Jānis R.
DaMomma , Bible is one thing, but science is another. don't try to mix
MARELMAR
MARELMAR
this is a learning tool for the people who like dinosaurs to learn much more about them.
Guznit Italia
Guznit Italia
Clo, I slay dragons nightly...I ponder these comments always.... Adam + Eve had children... who did those grown children meet and mate . if Adam + Eve r the only couple????? I'm spiritual this I don't understand maybe never will.
Peg
Peg
Player GruffSecretAg, funny also! dinosaurs were cold blooded, right?
Peg
Peg
chgamer, that's funny
 Tony
Tony
Player #2445394, Does it matter what day? God created the heavens (15 billion years) and the Earth (4 1/2 billion years ago.
 Tony
Tony
Player GruffSecretAg, Ha ha ha ha ha
 Tony
Tony
chgamer, Plausible? Like "The Earth is flat." ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Player #94082440
Player #94082440
I think it’s completely ridiculous they had to add climate change along with an asteroid impact. Who was keeping records back then?!?!
Brian
Brian
Fred and Barney had a barbecue at the water buffalo lodge
Jānis R.
Jānis R.
humans weren't alive at those times
Jenna
Jenna
I like the cannibal option
Marty
Marty
Player #2445394, there's a simple plausible explanation: Adam and Eve were not the very first humans ever created by God. It is possible that there were many "takes", but God only reveals one in the Bible, kind of like the many versions of the Matrix Neo observed at the Achitect's
Collins
Collins
chgamer, 😂
Maestra
Maestra
HUMANS? I can’t believe people fell for that wrong answer! 🤣
MooCow
MooCow
..4144.., I laughed so hard when I saw that cartoon by Larson!
Clo
Clo
JRed33, the ones bashing the Bible are those who speak negatively about it. You don’t have to believe it if you don’t want to, that is your choice. You are free to be wrong if you choose to be. No one is trying to force the Bible down your throat. If you can honestly say with 100% accuracy that you know exactly what happened without ever having seen it and you believe someone else’s theory, you have the right to have your faith in that. Others choose to have their faith in the word of God.
Clo
Clo
Player #2445394, Genesis 1:20-25
Clo
Clo
Player #25874027, you forgot Mokele Mbembe, the Lake Champlain Monster (Champ), and others.
Clo
Clo
Player #18814620, sure they would! As eggs or babies! Think about it babies sleep a lot more and eat a lot less (not to mention weigh a lot less) than the fully grown!
Clo
Clo
A.1823, like dragons????
Clo
Clo
Zizzlestix, the word “dinosaur “ is a relatively new word. They would probably have used the word “dragon”. I guess no one has heard of a single story about “knights going to slay a dragon”???