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K-T 2.0; Or "The Déjà Vu of Death"
Topic Started: Sep 15 2013, 02:44 AM (1,158 Views)
Citrakayah
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This is not accurate. It's as irritating as did silly rules like size limit, diet, etc. example, rabbits are adaptable, cats are adaptable, some primates are very adaptable etc. Some areas that would not be affected right? So some of these areas can accommodate some remains, as in the case of Iceland, the horse could survive. Even I, a child of ten, I can make better scenarios than you.
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Define "better".

Also, if you believe that cows and horses would survive an extinction event of the magnitude of the K-T, then you need to do some serious research. (Especially on Iceland... what.)
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(Oops, accidental double post. Where is the delete button when I need it D:)
Edited by Olympianmaster, Oct 30 2013, 03:49 PM.
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Most of the list looks alright to me, especially that there is no megafauna on it.

But I think rabbits could be able to survive, but that's all.

Also, why Iceland Jagger?
Edited by Olympianmaster, Oct 30 2013, 03:59 PM.
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Horses thrive in Iceland. Also, cows have a large range. One question, where's the impact point of the asteroid. That way, we can see what areas have been affected the most.
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A valid point. The extinction is from an asteroid, right?
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Oct 28 2013, 02:26 AM
Also, cows can survive as well. I don't believe that dogs and cats would become extinct, I see, I think that you want to change the extinct groups because a lot of users are already criticizing. But I don't see why people are saying to let rabbits extinct when they're diverse and eat a variety of plants.
I'm sorry, but cows are too big, and specialized. And to be honest, boars are pushing it, and when I mean pushing, I mean like a truck. I direct comparison would be Mesozoic fauna(boars = Leptoceratopsids, cows = small Hadrosaurids, dogs and cats with small terrestrial Theropods, etc,).They never survived, why would modern major fauna survive? Where not talking about a small extinction, but one on the par with the K/T extinction event.

Also, Iceland is a terrible place for megafauna for surviving. The asteroid from 65 million years ago caused the Earth to essentially have a almost opaque atmosphere from the dust, which caused a plant genocide. So Iceland wouldn't be a exception, or almost anywhere for that matter. The only places where I can see larger fauna survive are islands like Hawaii, with it's feral pigs(but that's pushing it,).
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I like the idea but agree some things appear unlikely.

Camels, cows, horses, no. They'd never make it. Small cats, rabbits, badgers, ferrets? Definitely. Definitely at least some lineages would survive. It's always possible that later on some would die out or be outcompeted but I'm pretty sure that they'd survive the initial extinction event.
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I am not sure why people claim rabbits should definately survive.

After the big K-T asteroid impact, the dust particles shut down photosynthesis completely, to the point that the ground was covered with vast expanses of fungus where once forests stood. While the actual length for that dark time varies from source to source, it is generally accepted that it lasted at least months. Since rabbits do not hibernate and feed strictly of plants, I don't see how they could survive through these months at all.

I know that quoting wikipedia should be taken with a grain of salt, but consider this:
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At the end of the Cretaceous there seems to have been no purely herbivorous or carnivorous mammals. Mammals and birds that survived the extinction fed on insects, worms, and snails, which in turn fed on dead plant and animal matter.
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What about pika? They store food. Also, can't rabbits feed off fungi?

We should probably also note that not all plants actually use chlorophyll. Also, if trees can survive the period of darkness, then some parasitic plants will continue to survive.

How dark, exactly, was it? Like rainforest floor dark?
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