I mean, why evolution selected dinosaurs to become that huge?

  • Gigan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Being big is advantageous as long as the animal is able to find enough food to sustain itself. Food was plentiful at the time, so dinosaurs grew quite large.

    In modern times, most mega fauna is gone because Humans hunted them to extinction.

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      1 year ago

      Big game hunters driving the giant lemur to extinction bothers me most, I think. I’d love to see a lemur the size of a gorilla.

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      1 year ago

      Even before humans drove them to extinction they were nowhere near dinosaur sized though.