Greatest mass extinction took ten million year recovery

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  1. darthdj31 City States Map Director

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    Apparently, the Great Dying, 250 million years ago, the greatest mass extinction ever on Earth killing 90% of animals and plants, due to "
    With only 10 percent of plants and animals surviving the extinction event triggered by global warming, acid rain, ocean acidification and ocean anoxia, there has been a longstanding debate about how long it took life on Earth to recover from the cataclysm, scientists said.


    http://www.upi.com/Science_News/201...from-mass-extinction-seen/UPI-31201338325313/

    It took ten million years to recover, reseting groups of animals and evolution basically.
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    Too bad scientists change their minds every 5 minutes and even when they don't they can never agree. They'll probably have a completely different theory in a few years.
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    @Chives Chiiiiiiiives, Karakoran is at it again, how old is he again?
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    13.
    But he's probably more of an expert on this one than I am, since they stop bothering to teach you what a fossil is in grade school.
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    That, and all 13 year olds fucking love dinosaurs.
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    No, literally everyone loves dinosaurs. Even you, Mr. Dinosaur Avatar.
    Of course, who couldn't? They're fucking awesome.
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    True, but the obsession over them starts at a young age, which is when most kids start looking up random shit about them.
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    Oh shit.

    I swear to god I've always thought that was a sheep
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    Acid rain is no joke kids.
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    I actually think it is reasonable to take 10 mil years in such a massive killing.
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    ...What?
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    Your avatar, I've never really paid close attention to it and I always thought it was a sheep, or a ram wearing sun glasses.
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    Ah, ok...someone else thought it was a camel.
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    It's not a very good picture in all honesty.
    It's low quality and lack of depth are what lead me to believe it was a sheep.
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    Avatars can only be so large, I guess. Still, I can't say I've ever seen a green sheep.
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    Well they were obviously killed in mass extinctions.
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    10 million years sounds reasonable.
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    10 million years seems probably. I mean, what else are organisms going to do when their natural predator is extinct. Eat and reproduce.
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    I read somewhere we can expect massive animals walking around Earth once again in 10 million years. I doubt that'll happen as long as humans are alive, though.
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    Well we already have the dutch dinosaurs like you....so experts were wrong!
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