Timeline for Which dinosaur would have the highest chance of survival in modern times?
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| Aug 3, 2018 at 18:54 | answer | added | JulPal | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 2, 2018 at 7:22 | comment | added | SZCZERZO KŁY | Crocodilians. Horshoe crabs. Nautilus. Everything that is a Living fossil. | |
| Aug 2, 2018 at 2:34 | answer | added | ohwilleke | timeline score: 0 | |
| Aug 2, 2018 at 2:23 | comment | added | ohwilleke | Is it limited to terrestrial dinosaurs? Because aquatic dinosaurs seem to be to have the best shot. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 18:15 | answer | added | David Thornley | timeline score: 5 | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 14:10 | comment | added | Henry Taylor | ..."Many miles away something crawls from the slime, at the bottom of a dark Scottish lake." It is rumored that a few Plesiosaurs actually did survive... @Raditz_35, I wasn't aware that Plesiosaurs weren't technically dinosaurs. Thanks for my newest trivia treasure! | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 14:01 | answer | added | AshLewis | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 12:11 | answer | added | Robert | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 10:31 | comment | added | Raditz_35 | In order to save you some trouble with people stating that birds are dinosaurs, you should perhaps specify what you mean by dinosaur. Anyhow, my best bet would be some water-based specimen. Things don't change that quickly in the oceans and there are even myths and hoaxes about them still existing out there. Nobody can prove you wrong with such things anyhow. I know that Plesiosaurs are technically not dinosaurs, but birds are ... well, I think you are not going for accurate biology but a certain mood in your world and Plesiosaurs might be closer to that than Geese | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 10:13 | history | reopened |
RonJohn Mike Nichols a4android Tim B II Rekesoft |
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| Aug 1, 2018 at 6:51 | comment | added | Neil | @RonJohn Beyond the shadow of doubt, ask any evolutionist what traits modern creatures must have to survive in our world, and the answer will be that it either directly or indirectly helps humans or it is incredibly adept at avoiding humans entirely. Anything not in one of these two categories is not doing so hot these days. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 4:42 | comment | added | RonJohn | @L.Dutch the Q says "I was thinking the best candidates would be small,carnivorous or insect eating dinosaurs but I might be completely wrong." Chickens and turkeys are small, insect eating dinosaurs that survive quite nicely. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 4:39 | comment | added | Random | OP, I don't have the science background to answer the question seriously, but here's my best bet: Dinosaurs surviving in true lizard tyrant-y form will presumably be in competition with mammals for ecological niches. As such, they'll be most successful in niches where they can regularly outcompete mammals. In other words, look for environments and roles where you find modern lizards, and switch them out with analogous dinosaurs. This is similar to how I've read echinoderms have broadly lost out to mammals, but may maintain a slight edge in specializing to semi-aquatic environments. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 4:35 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Aug 1, 2018 at 4:23 | comment | added | JBH | @RonJohn, I haven't voted, but I agree with L.Dutch. What does it mean to survive? If the critter's so sick that all it can do is breathe, is it surviving? It would help if the OP provided a better explanation of what "survival" means and some criteria for how he'll judge the best answer. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 4:19 | comment | added | RonJohn | How is this POB? Science already knows what modern dinosaurs look like, and what they eat. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 4:19 | comment | added | JBH | This Q is as close to a duplicate without crossing the line as I've ever seen. The answer is "none" for the reasons Thucydides mentioned in the accepted answer to your linked question. Unless you include alligators, which haven't changed in 8 million years. In other words, the ones that developed a sufficient adaptation for modern edibles long before it was necessary. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 4:12 | answer | added | Shadowzee | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 4:11 | history | closed |
The Square-Cube Law L.Dutch♦ |
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| Aug 1, 2018 at 4:11 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | "The best" is a rather vague and subjective concept, unless you provide your evaluation criteria. | |
| Aug 1, 2018 at 3:52 | history | asked | Fred | CC BY-SA 4.0 |