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Do Honeybees Defy Dinosaur Extinction Theories?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-think-about dept.

neutron_p writes "The humble tropical honeybee may challenge the idea that a post-asteroid impact "nuclear winter" was a big player in the decimation of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Somehow the tropical honeybee, Cretotrigona prisca, survived the end-Cretaceous extinction event, despite what many researchers believe was a years-long period of darkness and frigid temperatures caused by sunlight-blocking dust and smoke from the asteroid impact at Chicxulub."

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  1. Re:Exactly by Rei · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Funny... when I was reading the article headline, I was thinking of something to the effect of "Do Democrats Defy Dinosaur Extinction Theories?"

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    That's it, Mr. Giraffe, get all the marmalade.
  2. Re:Anyone else besides me? by renoX · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    (sarcasm)
    Of course, that's why there are homosexual animals..