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To: SomeCallMeTim

Pretty much every land animal that survived the Chicxulub impact was a burrow dweller/nester.

Nothing much larger than a house cat made it through.

Given that, I’d guess the surviving early birds were like modern puffins, or burrowing owls, to name only two of the numerous modern examples.


9 posted on 07/31/2021 2:50:18 PM PDT by null and void ("Fact Checkers" Didn't Exist Until The Truth Started Getting Out)
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To: null and void; All

Don’t forget the huatzin relic bird.


11 posted on 08/06/2021 5:12:17 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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