Some Dinosaurs Made Underground Dens

anthemaniac writes "Scientists have long puzzled over how some dinosaurs and other creatures survived the asteroid impact that supposedly caused the KT mass extinction 65 million years ago and wiped out all the big dinosaurs. One idea has been that smaller animals, including mammals, could have endured the fallout, the big chill, the subsequent volcanoes, and whatever else by burrowing. Now scientists have come up with the first evidence of burrowing dinosaurs. They speculate that underground dens might explain how some dinosaurs got through long, dark winters at high latitudes, too."

Comments

Correction

[Wonko the Sane]

The fake dinosaur bones that god put in the ground to test our faith were positioned in a what was made to appear as an underground burrow.

This all happened sometime last week.

Re:Correction

[Anonymous Coward]

Good bonings, and unfortunately bad bonings as well, have tested the faith of many. People experiencing these have been known to call out to God. Many that occur have been related to underground movements and many people and organizations just try to keep knowledge of such things buried, especially in relation to the bad bonings.

Re:Correction

[Wavicle]

Yeah I was wondering how those dens saved them from drowning.

(That was sarcasm. This is a note for the sarcasm impaired.)

Re:Correction

[gardyloo]

So you're saying that sometimes, "Noah!" just means "Noah" ?

Re:Correction

[Tatisimo]

Actually, this article proves that a few thousand years ago (and maybe even now) dinosaurs were burrowing themselves so deep that it looks like they lived millions of years ago. You should now speak for god name in vain unless you do your "research", have received "holy enlightment" or been huffing kittens.

Welllllll

[Spazntwich]

if the dinosaurs were so smart, how come they're dead?

Re:Welllllll

[TheSHAD0W]

Because the cavemen killed them all, 6,000 years ago.

And call them dragons, not dinosaurs. Otherwise you're courting hellfire, my friend!

Re:Welllllll

[Walt Dismal]

if the dinosaurs were so smart, how come they're dead?

Because they did extensive file sharing, and the RIAA sued them out of existence.

Re:Welllllll

[drawfour]

they probably just typed in comments on slashdot and watched porn all day, so forgot to eat.

Thanks for reminding me!

Re:Welllllll

[Anonymous Coward]

why would you need a reminder to watch porn?

Comparison to human-size

[gardyloo]

The images shown in the story are quite informative. Apparently, the http://images.livescience.com/images/070323_dino_s cale_02.jpg people's noses were much larger back then, too.

Re:Comparison to human-size

[Anonymous Coward]

No, he's just Jewish.

Underground dinosaurs?

[malevolentjelly]

These burrowing dinosaurs must be from the species of Skeletal Dinosaurs we've found living underground for millions of years.

SECRET TIP: Use bludgeoning weapons when fighting skeletal dinosaurs, they're resistant to piercing! ;)

College students burrow too!

[physicsphairy]

When the great cataclysmic meteorite strikes, only those of us sequestered in basements playing WoW and hacking up patches to the Linux kernel will survive the impact. And, even more certainly, when the atmospheric plume of debris blocks out the sun, others will starve, and only we who subsist on inorganics such as cheetos and mountain dew will live to assert our genes in the remnant ecosystem.

Re:College students burrow too!

[Dunbal]

only those of us sequestered in basements playing WoW and hacking up patches to the Linux kernel will survive the impact.

      An alternative path:

      Only to die miserably of internet withdrawal in a caffeine-induced continual attempt to reconnect to the servers...

Fallout Shelters?

[rubberchickenboy]

So, did dinosaurs have to endure those irritating "Duck and Cover" films in school, too?

Re:Fallout Shelters?

[Savage-Rabbit]

So, did dinosaurs have to endure those irritating "Duck and Cover" films in school, too? No, it was 'Run and Burrow'... if your had read TFA you would know that.