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To: Rodney King

“The evolutionists insist the dinosaurs lived millions and millions of years ago and became extinct long before man walked the planet.”

Most likely is that there were a few large (by human standards) lizards roaming about when human kind was becoming a powerful force. This could be where the legends of dragons come from. I’m not saying this is what I believe happened, only that it may have.

“In fact, I’m not at all sure dinosaurs are even extinct!”

They’re not. Crocodiles. Alligators...some of the larger snakes possibly. T-REX? Not likely.


121 posted on 06/17/2007 9:56:49 PM PDT by Grunthor (Imwithfred.com)
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To: Grunthor

My take on legends of dragons is that when primitive people found fossils of big strange-looking animals, they made up stories to explain them.


140 posted on 06/17/2007 10:16:22 PM PDT by omnivore
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To: Grunthor
“In fact, I’m not at all sure dinosaurs are even extinct!”

They’re not. Crocodiles. Alligators...some of the larger snakes possibly. T-REX? Not likely.

Quibble--alligators and crocodiles descended from the Archosaurs, which also produced the dinosaurs. Snakes are way the heck out on a different branch of reptiles. The sole remaining dinosaurs are thought to be the birds!

228 posted on 06/18/2007 11:38:49 AM PDT by ahayes ("Impenetrability! That's what I say!")
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