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Dinosaurs may have become a world power with a great body, sharp claws, and terrible teeth. However, when they finally became extinct from the face of the Earth, turtles Boremys the simple fact survived the attack meteorite that struck Earth 65 million years ag
The proof is a fossil discovered by palaeontologists United States in the rock formations in North Dakota and Montana into evidence. The fossil is estimated to belong to creatures that live in the post-attack period meteors: Tortoise water.
What's the secret tortoise survive? According to scientists, it's not because of the hard shell. But, the fact that they are not greedy.
Their metabolism is slow is the key to survive in the post-attack period meteor. Where only a few leftovers. They are also protected by water, which became one of two of their habitat.
"Turtles are a formidable animal, they mempu survive in difficult times," said Tyler Lyson of Yale University told LiveScience. Moreover, "animals that live in water protected from anything that could kill crops and land dinosaurs."
Habits of turtles also become an important key to the rescue. When cold conditions, the tortoise will hibernate. However, when very hot or dry, water turtles will bury themselves in mud - wait for normal conditions. This is what they might do during periods of dinosaur extinction.
Meteor causes of mass extinction, the phenomenon of extinction of the dinosaurs.
To note, the extinction of the dinosaurs meteorite has a width of between six to nine miles, which hit the Yucatan Peninsula, in southern Mexico. Collision was releasing about 100 million megatons of energy. The period was later known as the KT Boundary - the period of mass extinction of living creatures.
Scientists found the animals survived the pliers 'Resurrection' is a way to look at the rocks that have the geological uniqueness.
At that time, almost all land animals wiped out, annihilated. Including species of turtles. However, Tortoise Boremys - especially families Baenid missed. "Small animals that have a slower metabolism and live in water, they survive well in the KT Boundary," said Lyson. "In the water, before and after the collision meteor, all take place as usual."
However, Tortoise Boremys finally succumbed to nature and time. They eventually became extinct about 40 million years ago - after briefly lived about 85 million years on Earth.
Scientists suspect that the animal is extinct because of predation predators. One reason, they could not hide his head in the shell - the capabilities of modern turtles.
The proof is a fossil discovered by palaeontologists United States in the rock formations in North Dakota and Montana into evidence. The fossil is estimated to belong to creatures that live in the post-attack period meteors: Tortoise water.
What's the secret tortoise survive? According to scientists, it's not because of the hard shell. But, the fact that they are not greedy.
Their metabolism is slow is the key to survive in the post-attack period meteor. Where only a few leftovers. They are also protected by water, which became one of two of their habitat.
"Turtles are a formidable animal, they mempu survive in difficult times," said Tyler Lyson of Yale University told LiveScience. Moreover, "animals that live in water protected from anything that could kill crops and land dinosaurs."
Meteor causes of mass extinction, the phenomenon of extinction of the dinosaurs.
To note, the extinction of the dinosaurs meteorite has a width of between six to nine miles, which hit the Yucatan Peninsula, in southern Mexico. Collision was releasing about 100 million megatons of energy. The period was later known as the KT Boundary - the period of mass extinction of living creatures.
Scientists found the animals survived the pliers 'Resurrection' is a way to look at the rocks that have the geological uniqueness.
At that time, almost all land animals wiped out, annihilated. Including species of turtles. However, Tortoise Boremys - especially families Baenid missed. "Small animals that have a slower metabolism and live in water, they survive well in the KT Boundary," said Lyson. "In the water, before and after the collision meteor, all take place as usual."
However, Tortoise Boremys finally succumbed to nature and time. They eventually became extinct about 40 million years ago - after briefly lived about 85 million years on Earth.
Scientists suspect that the animal is extinct because of predation predators. One reason, they could not hide his head in the shell - the capabilities of modern turtles.
