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To: BenLurkin

The planet’s gravity had to be about a third of what it is today for the dinosaurs to live. In today’s gravity they would all collapse and die. No land animal can be larger than an elephant. So, if geological dating is correct (a big “if”), then the Earth’s gravity increased significantly sometime around 65M years ago, and then again when the giant mammels disappeared.


17 posted on 11/09/2017 1:46:02 PM PST by captain_dave
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To: captain_dave
The planet’s gravity had to be about a third of what it is today for the dinosaurs to live.

This is literally one of the kookiest things I've ever read on FR, and there's been some doozies.

25 posted on 11/09/2017 3:19:32 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Trump won; we got Gorsuch and a bit of MAGA. Likely have a civil war before we get more.)
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For reference: The Problem with Big Dinosaurs
28 posted on 11/09/2017 3:46:02 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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