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Why were dinosaurs huge?

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Why were dinosaurs huge?

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Ask Science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 9 months ago

I mean, why evolution selected dinosaurs to become that huge?

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Shalakushka
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale The largest animal ever known is currently on Earth, though endangered.
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  Only because we perfected killing them only few hundreds years ago. If we had more time they’d be dead too!
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  🚨🚨🚨 Sorry Alan.

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