(#8) The Asteroid Had An Accomplice
The general contention among scientists is that the dinosaurs survived the infamous asteroid and slowly evolved into the creatures we know today as birds. Of course, there are still several people who think that the asteroid kicked-off dino extinction. On the more distinctly plausible end of the conspiracy theory spectrum, one geologist believes that the asteroid came along to put the final nail in the dinosaurs’ coffin.
According to Princeton University paleontologist Gerta Keller, a series of cataclysmic volcanic eruptions nearly half a million years before the asteroid were the real culprits. It was global warming, not Armageddon that got 'em.
(#9) Dinosaurs Went Extinct Because They Took too Long To Hatch
A paleobiologist at Florida State University (wait, don’t start laughing yet) is firmly convinced that dinosaurs went extinct in the wake of the asteroid strike because they weren’t getting out of their eggs fast enough. Gregory Erickson believes that once the asteroid strike happened, dinosaurs went extinct only because they couldn’t replenish their numbers fast enough.
According to Erickson, dinosaurs may have taken as long as six months to hatch from their eggs. That meant that parents were tied to one spot for several months in order to care for their young, and that dino numbers were far too low to replenish.
(#5) The Masons Invented Dinosaurs Because They Needed A Species To Tie Evolution Together
According to the AtlanteanConspiracy.com, dinosaurs are a hoax that was invented in the mid-1800s because evolution couldn't be proven without them (for some reason). The proof is obvious all thanks to a series of unanswerable questions posed by the author, which must be smart because they sound so simple.
For instance, if dinosaurs existed, why weren’t they discovered before the 19th century? How was a scientist able to hypothesize a dinosaur without ever having seen one? How were scientists able to theorize an entire giant species based on a couple teeth? Obviously it was just a scientific conspiracy to launch the hugely profitable dino-hunting industry and lend legitimacy to the burgeoning theory of evolution. Duh.
(#6) Dinosaurs Are Living Right Under Our Feet
According to one man on the street, dinosaurs weren’t killed off by some comet, and they definitely didn't survive the blast and end up evolving into dumb birds. No, dinosaurs actually fled underground when the meteor struck.
Once in their subterranean haven, these gigantic beasts with comparatively pea-sized brains managed to survive and evolve into reptilian humanoids. In the intervening millennia, they’ve created “vast underground cities around the world.”
It’s hard not to hear that one without picturing Earl Sinclair and his family. In that context, an underground race of reptilian creatures isn’t such a crazy notion.
(#11) Miami Dolphins Defensive End, William Hayes, Isn’t Sure About This Dinosaur Stuff
Okay, let’s just allow Mr. Hayes to defend himself in his own words. In a conference call with the Miami-area media, Hayes supposedly explained the following:
“This dinosaur thing I just can’t roll with. I go to the dinosaur museums and they tell me, ‘Oh, you see the fossils.’ Then, you might see one bone that’s the actual fossil they dug up and everything else is just pieces they put together around the fossil and created this T-Rex.
“I went to the dinosaur museum and they told me most of the fossils on one dinosaur, everything was completely fake. It was just made up fossils and just a piece of a leg. But they create this big, massive creature. It just don’t make sense to me.”
(#7) There’s A Dinosaur Living In The African Congo
Deep within the recesses of the Congo, there lurks an ancient creature who is feared among the natives. Known as Mokele-mbembe, the creature is said to “be of a brownish gray color...its size approximating that of an elephant. It is said to have a long and very flexible neck. Some spoke of a long muscular tail like that of an alligator.” Supposedly, it's a modern diplodocus.
Unfortunately, according to William Gibbons, the locals are mad superstitious about the creature. They believe that to tell a white outsider about it means death. As of 2002, though, Gibbons is probably totally for real on the trail of Mokele-mbembe. So keep an eye out for the video footage, coming soon to MySpace.
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For more than a century, paleontologists have been puzzled by the extinction and evolution of our most curious prehistoric animals. Non-avian dinosaurs have survived on the entire earth for an incredibly long time, and their evolutionary success only exacerbated the mystery of their disappearance. Since biologists in the 19th century began to study extinct animals, the dinosaur theories we know have changed a lot, and many theories seem to be reasonable.
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