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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."

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  1. Re:Correction by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    man, the repetativeness of religion bashing and jokes about chairs and a certain microsoft executive make beavis and butthead look like a thinking mans comedy around here.

    You're right. No joke I could make would be as funny as what those people say all by themselves.
  2. Yes, actually. The cat does got my tongue. by Impy+the+Impiuos+Imp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, if dinosaur bones were planted by the Devil, as was the evidence of a super-ancient world and of an asteroid strike and mass dieoff, I suppose it makes sense to plant fake evidence that some dinosaurs burrowed and survived the asteroid.

    Logic!

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