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Wanna know why dinosaurs went extinct? (Original Post)
DetlefK
Jul 2018
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Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)1. I read that
in my kids private school Weekly Reader. FINALLY an answer as to the dinosaurs living w humans conundrum.
WhiteTara
(30,266 posts)3. seriously? Weekly Reader?
was that a true/false thing?
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)6. No. I was scribing a post of fiction.
Shouldn't have shadowed my beloved Weekly Reader. LOVED the days we read that in class out loud to each other.
WhiteTara
(30,266 posts)7. Oh, thanks for the clarification
I too loved the weekly reader!
Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)8. I'm glad you pointed it out.
Thank you.
WhiteTara
(30,266 posts)9. Well, it was funny, the joke
and I love that flesh is the color of jesus! I would believe without a blink if you said 7th Day Adventist school book sheet for 6th grade!
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)2. Jesus on a dino
DetlefK
(16,527 posts)4. Wait. The Dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark???
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)5. For sure
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,989 posts)10. No, no, no, no no.
This is why:
Elsewhen
(6 posts)11. Even as a young child, I knew...
... the reason they went extinct was because an asteroid had slammed into the earth and made the planet uninhabitable for them.
If they had not gone extinct, it may have been dinosaurs instead of mammals that eventually evolved to become intelligent and invent technology.