Dinosaurs: Who is responsible?

[bogeyman]

Why did nature, if it was responsible without outside interference, create such huge creature in the first place which seem to be disproportionate to the environment of the Earth?

If you believe in a spiritual evil being present here on this Earth, would not it be responsible for producing such grotesque and out of proportion creatures, instead of modern day mammals we are use to today?

We are so engrossed in the material existence that many often forget of the unseen forces that are active here on the Earth.

[bogeyman]

With the interference with man's evolutions from outside forces, it crossed my mind that interference concerning other life forms here may of occurred.

[Timreh]

Just why have some creatures been so disproportionate??..
Was it Nature indeed..??
We all know Dinosaurs have been in existence..

Many are open to the belief that Giants and Hybrids are or have been in existence, and I'm sure many "conspiracy" or "interventionist theorists" might suggest that there was and/or is helping hand at play..
DNA..

[Sunny-side-up]

I know Earths forces, things like the magnetic fields and biosphere where much stronger way back then, the Earths atmosphere was much richer!

On Earth it was a dynamic time from growth!

Now we are more conservative, more refined (Supposedly) in stature.

My views anyways ;)

Love, Peace and Hugs
Alan

[seeker/reader]

If I remember correctly from my Palentology courses the scientific explanation for these large types of fauna, called gigantism, was due to the huge amounts of oxygen that had build up in the atmosphere at that time. That massive oxygen production was initiated by the large forests that grew during the Carboniferous (lots of plant life made lots of carbon - hence carboniferous) which later would form the large coal beds found across the planet. So it was a cause and effect scenario. Large amounts of forests/plants produced lots of O2 which built up over time to enable animals to grow larger and larger bodies, hence the gigantism seen in not only reptiles but also insects at that time.

The graph below shows that Earth's atmosphere contained up to 35% O2 during the dinosaurs reign, compared to today's amount of O2 which is 21%. The drop off in those high levels of O2 coincides with the extinction event of the dinosaurs.

http://minerals.cr.usgs.gov/gips/images/dinomed.gif

Here is a geologic time scale that shows the types of life. Please note that in the US, the Carboniferous is broken up into the Mississippian and Pennsylvanian periods. During the Pennsylvanian period is when gigantic predatory insects evolved. Later they were followed by large primitive reptiles during the Permian and then the first dinosaurs during the Triassic.

http://www.rocksinmyheadtoo.com/LifeEras.jpg

[13th Warrior]

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[seeker/reader]

DX_0JurT7c8

There sure has been ample time for a native reptilian hominid to evolve on the planet.

[Rosieposie]

Just because dinosaurs were big and by our perspective perhaps not attractive (I'm sure they'd think we were weird looking little monkey things) doesn't make them evil lol that's like saying all unattractive people are touched by evil. My rainbow lorikeet is what I would think of as a little dinosaur in many ways, he's so spunky it makes no sense for a nector eater, he even shakes toys like a dog and wrestles. There are many different energy potentials in the universe and the universe certainly has fun with the different fads it goes through :) I'm sure they had many intelligent species of dinosaurs too, sort of like how humans are becoming more aware of how elephants, parrots, dolphins, even ants etc have far more advanced brains than we give them credit for simply because we hold prejudice against differences. That in my opinion is more a reflection of us and our thought processes than that of the other species!

[Chester]

Why did nature, if it was responsible without outside interference, create such huge creature in the first place which seem to be disproportionate to the environment of the Earth?

If you believe in a spiritual evil being present here on this Earth, would not it be responsible for producing such grotesque and out of proportion creatures, instead of modern day mammals we are use to today?

We are so engrossed in the material existence that many often forget of the unseen forces that are active here on the Earth.

Consciousness is responsible thus I have responsibility and it is my view we all share responsibility.