@linucs@lemmy.ml to Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish • edit-29 months agoWhy were dinosaurs huge?message-square29fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down13file-text
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minus-square@Gigan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-29 months agoBeing big is advantageous as long as the animal is able to find enough food to sustain itself. Food was plentiful at the time, so dinosaurs grew quite large. In modern times, most mega fauna is gone because Humans hunted them to extinction.
minus-squareBiptalinkfedilink4•9 months agoEven before humans drove them to extinction they were nowhere near dinosaur sized though.
minus-squaremagnetospherelinkfedilink4•9 months agoBig game hunters driving the giant lemur to extinction bothers me most, I think. I’d love to see a lemur the size of a gorilla.
Being big is advantageous as long as the animal is able to find enough food to sustain itself. Food was plentiful at the time, so dinosaurs grew quite large.
In modern times, most mega fauna is gone because Humans hunted them to extinction.
Even before humans drove them to extinction they were nowhere near dinosaur sized though.
Big game hunters driving the giant lemur to extinction bothers me most, I think. I’d love to see a lemur the size of a gorilla.