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Old 11-08-2008, 07:57 AM
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But one thing that always interested me about that, was that why did so much of the sea die out? Sharks lived. Why so few others? Surely the factors that killed the other creatures would have only a minute effect on them. And Crocodiles. They lived, and most live in rivers, eating land animals. When they died, why didn't the crocodiles starve?
That is indeed a million-dollar question.

Some of the species from the Triassic and Jurassic period survived the comet holocaust. Let's hope technology evolves into such a stage that we can protect ourselves from another one of those.

About devolution, however, I am open to opinions.
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