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BIRDS AND THE BEES Why were so many species of dinosaurs so big? Could such factors recur today, or be reproducible?
Dinosaurs grew so large because there was so much food to eat. ... There were so many of them that there was plenty of food for giant meat-eating dinosaurs too.
Question #2 is more interesting: why were dinosaurs so big? Some theories:
Question #2 is more interesting: why were dinosaurs so big? Some theories:
Until fairly recently, scientists thought that the dinosaurs could grow so big because they were reptiles.
This would also explain why the predatory dinosaurs got so big; a 50-pound carnivore wouldn't have had much of a chance against a ten-ton plant eater.
therefore, paleontologists think that the dinosaurs' world was much different from the world today and that climate and food supplies must have been favorable for reaching great size.
Sara Decherd '01 Tells How Dinosaurs Grew So Big...
Earth Sciences question: How did dinosaurs get so big? Well... Assuming that they exist.... Maybe they ate too much Mcdonalds? Or their prey were in large amounts so they get fatter. Cool question though! ...
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