25 Giant Facts You Might Not Know About Dinosaurs
It’s hard to find a person who is not fascinated by dinosaurs
Published 9 years ago in Wow
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The mass extinction of the dinosaurs and other land animals that followed after the collision is known as the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event, or the K-T event. Scientists have various theories about the extinction with the most popular suggesting that small mammals ate dinosaur eggs until the population became unsustainable.
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Even though there are a few theories about the dinosaurs’ extinction the most accurate appears to be the one concerning a massive meteorite hitting the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico 65.5 million years ago. The 112-mile-wide crater was caused by a rock six miles in diameter. It is believed that the only animals to survive this massive destruction were sharks, jellyfish fish, scorpions, birds, insects, snakes, turtles, lizards, and crocodiles.
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Talking about Jurassic Park, Spielberg wanted so bad to deliver the most accurate ever film about dinosaurs, that he hired paleontologists who served as consultants during the film. Famed paleontologist Jack Horner was used during production to ensure the dinosaurs exhibited scientifically accurate behavior, and Robert T. Bakker—also a paleontologist—gave animators information about the dinosaur's physical characteristics.
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