Dinosaur
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Dinosaurs are, for the most part, really big freaking creatures[1] that died out about 65 million years ago,[2] unless you believe the Flintstones was a documentary are a creationist, in which case they died a few years ago in the global flood because Noah didn't have room for them in the ark. An eminent Christian, Jack Chick, propounds an alternative theory[3]: some dinosaurs were in Noah's ark, and hence were saved. Unfortunately, in the flood many plants were killed. As a consequence, the atmosphere after the flood was poor in oxygen. Big animals, such as dinosaurs, need lots of oxygen! Luckily, some dinosaurs survived even this - ever heard of dragons?
Seriously, dinosaur fossils are really neat and give a grand view of the wonder and splendor that our world has seen in the past. They also showcase how cool evolution really is.
[edit] Well known dinosaurs
- Bully for Brontosaurus is a good book about science-type things.
- Tyrannosaurus rex - Ooh, scary, and children love them. Giant chickens with sharp teeth, basically. Oh, and no wings.
- Triceratops - A three-horned variety, and arguably one of the most iconic after T. rex.
- Iguanodon - One of the earliest dinosaurs found. It was initially thought to be a creature with a small horn, but better evidence altered this theory to show that it was actually a modified thumb.[4]
- Pterosaur - Often called pterodactyls, although not strictly dinosaurs because the term only refers to certain types of land-dwelling reptiles. This was a flying reptile from around the same time. And it was used on Power Rangers as a dinosaur. By the pink one.
- Barney - A purple T. rex, we think. Famous for having a theme tune that was used to torture people in Iraq.
- Phyllis Schlafly
[edit] See also
- Kent Hovind
- Fairies
- Conservapedia:Dinosaur for a refutation of CP's creationist perspective
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ Actually most were very small, about the size of a chicken, but they don't count, since children can't tell you their names -- and children are the world's foremost experts on dinosaurs.
- ↑ http://web.ukonline.co.uk/a.buckley/dino.htm
- ↑ http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1038/1038_01.asp
- ↑ Science; it works bitches.
