Re: Re: Re: Dinosaur Questions
Originally posted by RobtardAll the big ones were gigantothermic and therefore homeothermic.
I'd imagine the larger quadrupeds were too, otherwise a 50k lbs Brontosaur would have spent all day in the sun trying to warm itself just to take a couple of steps. I know it was warmer back then, but still.Did he cover the heat-requirement issue?
Originally posted by MindshipYes, but not only that, the extinction crisis that killed off the big dinosaurs was more likely caused by oxygen depletion after a collapse in phytoplancton population caused byt the meteor fall than by massive plant extinction and reduction of availbale food.
Prior to the dinosaur era (before 225 mya) there was more oxygen (hence, the giant bugs). I'm not sure about once the dinos appeared. Shows I've watched have suggested environmental pressures, ie, the predators were getting bigger, so the prey adapted by getting still larger.Of course, one could then ask, why haven't the predators gotten huge since? My understanding is, they were getting bigger long after the dinos disappeared, but then along came that nasty ice age, which intro'd new factors not conducive to supporting overly large bodies.
The humans came and killed off the mammal megafauna.
753, I didn't know any of that. Thanks for the correction. (I prefer to know what I'm talking about when being pretentious, so having more facts is always helpful.)
Originally posted by ADarksideJedi
Beside proof that Dinos do exist it is uncertain to me anyway reather there was any humans in the world at that time and what happen to them.And why they are not mention in the bible.
1. Human were not around during the time of the dinosaurs.
2. The bible does not mention the Duckbilled Platypus, yet it does exist.
3. The bible was written millions of years after the last of the dinosaurs died out.
Originally posted by Shakyamunisonthe monk dude just started giving ages to the generations..
That still counts in my book. 😎
that would be like me saying oh you have a son? u had him when u were 20 and then when he died.. oh he is dead hmmm.. he must have died when he was 50 or a 100 or a 1000... its seriously flawed system..
plus that is only taking into account the human genealogy of one group what about the ones already having a city in the desert and whatnot when cain fled?
or better yet how long between creation when god was creating stuff.. the bible never really assigned dates like this takes one day and tomorrow is another day.
the 24 hour system was created by man and then they attached it to the bible creation..
i am not jewish or Zoroastrian would really like to know what was the actual translation it it was a day, epoch or whatever..
Originally posted by ADarksideJediIt's often impossible to reconcile the fossil records with what the Bible says. This is why, IMO, some parts of the Bible are best taken as metaphors, or at least, reflections of what people knew (and thought they knew) of their world then. Certainly it would seem the Bible was not meant as a scientific text, but rather as a way for Man to establish a relationship with "God," and most importantly, how people should treat each other.
Good points but in the bible it said that God created the world there fore it makes sence that he had created the Dinos.
Originally posted by Mindship
and most importantly, how people should treat each other.
Next we headed for the land of Bashan, where King Og and his army attacked us at Edrei. But the LORD told me, 'Do not be afraid of him, for I have given you victory over Og and his army, giving you his entire land. Treat him just as you treated King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon.' So the LORD our God handed King Og and all his people over to us, and we killed them all. We conquered all sixty of his towns, the entire Argob region in his kingdom of Bashan. These were all fortified cities with high walls and barred gates. We also took many unwalled villages at the same time. We completely destroyed the kingdom of Bashan, just as we had destroyed King Sihon of Heshbon. We destroyed all the people in every town we conquered – men, women, and children alike. But we kept all the livestock for ourselves and took plunder from all the towns. -Deuteronomy 3:1-7
Lo, a day shall come for the Lord when the spoils shall be divided in your midst. And I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem for battle: the city shall be taken, houses plundered, women ravished; half of the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be removed from the city. -Zechariah 14:1-2