Did Dinosaurs Become Exctinct Immediately After The Meteor Hit??

      As we see in all programs as soon as the huge meteor that hit the Gulf of Mexico 65 million years ago dinosaurs became extinct almost immediately. Now I’m sorry to say but this isn’t possible, whatever programs such as ‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ have said it’s simply not true. For the whole populous of dinosaurs to go extinct instantly does require a bigger impact than that of what happened 65 million years ago.

    Yes it is certain that the dinosaurs and other living creatures near the impact zone would’ve died instantly but think of the amount of time it will take for the tremors to travel across the earth – yes it’s quick but it wasn’t instant death. The huge force of the impact could throw dinosaurs as huge as sauropods off the ground and destroy dense habitats possibly eliminating 99% of all species.

    One reason I believe that dinosaurs didn’t just disappear is the due to the food chain, let’s imagine a few scenarios here. Firstly if a few predators had survived along with plant eaters then there would be food to last for so long until eventually the predators died out. This is a possibility as it has come around that some species of dinosaurs survived the initial impact and it was the food chain that killed off the rest of the dinosaurs.

    The second scenario would be if only predators had survived, what would there be to eat? Cannibalism was sort of common in some predatory species so if this was a possible scenario predators would have to kill the rest of the other predators and their own species to survive until eventually the food supply ran out eventually killing off the last few dinosaurs.

    The last possible scenario would be if just eh herbivores had survived the blast. Huge areas of land masses were destroyed on impact with trees being ripped from their roots, forest raging into fires and nearly all plant life burnt to a crisp. If the odd few trees and plants survived the impact surely enough the herbivores would survive before so long until there was nothing left to eat and then eventually these would die off too.

    These are just 3 scenarios that could’ve occurred 65 million years ago. As said, recent research has showed that some of the dinosaurs survived the initial blast, either hiding in water spots or on inland dens and homes therefore putting the myth of all dinosaurs becoming on impact in the bin. I know this is short but hopefully you have gained an insight into some of the real possibilities that could’ve occurred on that fateful night. Obviously these scenarios might not of occurred but if they did it has been shown that dinosaurs were around a few months after the initial impact tremor but eventually dying due to the lack of food and water.