Sarjassamme 1001 selitystä dinojen joukkotuholle:
Wind of change wiped out flatulent dinosaurs
July 28 2000 at 11:13AM
Beijing - Contrary to popular belief, dinosaurs were not wiped out
by a meteorite or a planetary catastrophe, but by the power and
potency of their own wind, a Chinese report said on Friday.
According to the China Youth Daily, which quotes an unidentified
French scientist, dinosaur wind contained a high proportion of
methane gas, lethal enough to penetrate the ozone layer.
"The animals, weighing from 80 to 100 tons, would eat on average
between 130 and 260 kgs of food every day. They would fart
non-stop", said the traditionally austere paper.
During the dinosaurs' 100 million year existance, "the atmosphere
of earth became charged with methane, which finally damaged the
ozone layer and brought about great changes in the vegetation," it
said.
The changes caused a food shortage which eventually wiped them
out.
The ozone layer protects the atmosphere from the sun's
ultra-violet rays. - Sapa-AFP
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