Can you picture living alongside a pasture of sauropods? <\/p>
Dinosaurs do live today: as birds. Birds evolved from dinosaurs<\/a>, and are part of the dinosaur family tree, so technically some dinosaurs did survive the asteroid impact<\/a> 66 million years ago, by virtue of their fast growth,\u00a0their biology that allows them to eat seeds, and\u00a0their\u00a0ability to\u00a0fly away from danger. And there are some 14,000 species of them flourishing today.<\/p>\n But what about the dinosaurs<\/a> that perished? Many of them probably could survive today.<\/p>\n Dinosaurs ruled the world for 150 million years, and endured hot and cold spells, volcanic eruptions, and changing sea levels. There is nothing about today\u2019s world that would be fatal to them.<\/p>\n With that said, the major difference between the world of dinosaurs and today is that our modern Earth is considerably colder, with ice caps at the poles. In cooler climates, big animals are often favoured, because they can retain heat more easily, as are smaller animals that have insulation like hair or feathers to stay warm. That suggests that huge dinosaurs like the long-necked sauropods and small, feathered-covered dinosaurs like Velociraptors<\/em><\/a> and kin would be especially resilient in today\u2019s world. Smaller dinosaurs without feathers would probably be the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Asked by: Mel Carter, via email<\/strong><\/p>\n To submit your questions email us at questions@sciencefocus.com (don\u2019t forget to include your name and location)<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Can you picture living alongside a pasture of sauropods? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25107,"template":"","categories":[30],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/which-dinosaur-would-actually-survive-in-todays-world-a-scientist-explains.jpg",1200,511,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/which-dinosaur-would-actually-survive-in-todays-world-a-scientist-explains-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/which-dinosaur-would-actually-survive-in-todays-world-a-scientist-explains-300x128.jpg",300,128,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/which-dinosaur-would-actually-survive-in-todays-world-a-scientist-explains-768x327.jpg",768,327,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/which-dinosaur-would-actually-survive-in-todays-world-a-scientist-explains-1024x436.jpg",800,341,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/which-dinosaur-would-actually-survive-in-todays-world-a-scientist-explains.jpg",1200,511,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2023\/03\/which-dinosaur-would-actually-survive-in-todays-world-a-scientist-explains.jpg",1200,511,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Can you picture living alongside a pasture of sauropods?","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/25106"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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