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> Dinosaurs only died out around 100 mya. They did? I need only step into my back yard to see birds and lizards. > remarkably common event Probably not norm

by gumby 2y ago

> Dinosaurs only died out around 100 mya. They did? I need only step into my back yard to see birds and lizards. > remarkably common event Probably not normally distributed but depends on the age of a given galaxy. But indeed, it does look like they are not super uncommon in our neighborhood.

booleandilemma 2y ago
I think parent meant the kind of dinosaur that can eat you.
- forgetfulness 2y ago
  The correct term is "non-avian dinosaur" for the ones that died en masse, but making that point in the first place is already pretty pedantic, doing it with snark is just being annoying for the sake of being annoying.
- perihelions 2y ago
  We're far off the topic of the thread which is iron-60 supernova paleoarchaeology but I can't help myself from pulling things even further off-course. Did you know there were flying dinosaurs in the medieval era that hunted humans from the skies? - "'[Haast's] eagle had the possibility to hunt people,' Joanne says. 'It's hard to imagine a bird in that role but if it could successfully hunt a 250kg moa, then 80kg humans were possibly on the menu. There is oral tradition which suggests it was the case.'" https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/december/worlds-largest-eagle-hunted-unlike-any-other-bird-of-prey.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/december/worlds-lar... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast%27s_eagle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast%27s_eagle
  - thaumasiotes 2y ago
    > It's hard to imagine a bird in that role What? People have been imagining birds in that role for as long as there have been people. Has Joanne never heard of rocs?
    - gus_massa 2y ago
      >> It's hard to imagine a bird in that role Do they have to fly? Have you ever meet Ostrich or Rheas? (Protip: Keep your fingers, food and everything shinny hidden. They will not eat your fingers, but I can't guaranty that.) A giant Ostrich would make me very afraid, but the giant versions are extint. PS: Goose are smaller but very mean. I'd be even more afraid of a giant goose if they were real.
tsimionescu 2y ago
While birds are technically a kind of dinosaur, lizards are not.

by gumby 2y ago

booleandilemma 2y ago

I think parent meant the kind of dinosaur that can eat you.

forgetfulness 2y ago
The correct term is "non-avian dinosaur" for the ones that died en masse, but making that point in the first place is already pretty pedantic, doing it with snark is just being annoying for the sake of being annoying.
perihelions 2y ago
We're far off the topic of the thread which is iron-60 supernova paleoarchaeology but I can't help myself from pulling things even further off-course. Did you know there were flying dinosaurs in the medieval era that hunted humans from the skies? - "'[Haast's] eagle had the possibility to hunt people,' Joanne says. 'It's hard to imagine a bird in that role but if it could successfully hunt a 250kg moa, then 80kg humans were possibly on the menu. There is oral tradition which suggests it was the case.'" https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/december/worlds-largest-eagle-hunted-unlike-any-other-bird-of-prey.html https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2021/december/worlds-lar... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast%27s_eagle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haast%27s_eagle
- thaumasiotes 2y ago
  > It's hard to imagine a bird in that role What? People have been imagining birds in that role for as long as there have been people. Has Joanne never heard of rocs?
  - gus_massa 2y ago
    >> It's hard to imagine a bird in that role Do they have to fly? Have you ever meet Ostrich or Rheas? (Protip: Keep your fingers, food and everything shinny hidden. They will not eat your fingers, but I can't guaranty that.) A giant Ostrich would make me very afraid, but the giant versions are extint. PS: Goose are smaller but very mean. I'd be even more afraid of a giant goose if they were real.

tsimionescu 2y ago

While birds are technically a kind of dinosaur, lizards are not.