To: SunkenCiv
I’ll go with the model for which there is a preponderance of evidence (mass extinction due to impact). Well, it strikes me that a cataclysmic and radical alteration of the environment due to the impact is not inconsistent with some sort of resulting brain damage in the creatures killed.
To: colorado tanker
Well, it strikes me that a cataclysmic and radical alteration of the environment due to the impact is not inconsistent with some sort of resulting brain damage in the creatures killed.IIRC, lack of oxygen causes a similar posture in victims of near drowning.
A near global firestorm, followed by a couple months or years of darkness would surely drop oxygen levels. That would be consistent with both the impact and massive volcanism theories.
16 posted on
01/21/2008 1:29:13 PM PST by
null and void
(We're tired of being sucked up to once every 4 years and stabbed in the back the rest of the time.)
To: colorado tanker
27 posted on
01/21/2008 10:03:02 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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