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Topic: Did insect bites kill off the dinosaurs?

emla999/Lyme
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 12606

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According to a new theory, biting insects such as TICKS and mosquitoes transmitted infectious diseases to the dinosaurs which then contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs.

Links:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080103090702.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6obz7f

If a tick bite is capable of bring down a 50,000 pound dinosaur then what chance does little ole me have against a tick bite?

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huskerfan
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Member # 12269

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Thanks for posting that.

I had not heard of that theory previously.

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Meg
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I haven't read your links above, but would think their hide/skin would be way too tough.

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lymemomtooo
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I had not heard about this but discovery or some such program did a special recently about the die off of some indians and life from the north into Maryland and Virginia..

It was a second quick ice age after a major one. Something about things that had survived had not really recovered and were hit again and then with a 2? year dust storm..Wish I could remember more. Sorry.

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