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Dinosaurs and insects
Category: Insects etc., ScienceDid the rise of biting insects contribute to the disappearance of the dinosaurs?
A new book, “What Bugged the Dinosaurs? Insects, Disease and Death in the Cretaceous” argues that tiny arthropods might have contributed to the gradual decline of dinosaur populations.
Read more at ScienceDaily.
Forgive me Rick, I’ve got to read the article, but the thought of some bugs biting what I envision the thick hide of Tyrannosaurus Rex made me see a cartoon in my mind! Of course disease– but still I can see that big tail flailing to swat that little beetle…
Well, they don’t claim it’s the only cause of the extinction. It’s only a called a “concept” at this point. But is does give an idea of the importance and influence of insects to life on earth, big and small.
I have no doubt that it could have contributed. Very Interesting– and now I will think of that prehistoric age in a new way.