fatguyfromqueens
fatguyfromqueens t1_j4x74ps wrote
It's been a while since I was a geology major but I learned that by the time of the K/T boundary, a lot of non -Avian dinosaurs were already extinct so it isn't like the impact killed the dinosaurs as much as it was the final blow.
Is that still accurate?
fatguyfromqueens t1_j4ecy78 wrote
Reply to comment by SamGropler in Aurora Australis over dunes in Western, Australia [1080x1350] [OC] by steven_sandner
I wrote that Australia isn't as far south as Europe and North America, not America (meaning, the US).
fatguyfromqueens t1_j4dxyed wrote
Reply to comment by SamGropler in Aurora Australis over dunes in Western, Australia [1080x1350] [OC] by steven_sandner
But Melbourne is at 39 degrees south. Plus 42 north is Chicago and Boston. Even rural areas that latitude see very few auroras (aurorae?)
fatguyfromqueens t1_j4dajbb wrote
Reply to comment by PrimalGreen in Aurora Australis over dunes in Western, Australia [1080x1350] [OC] by steven_sandner
But it is pretty rare, no? I mean Australia isn't as far south as Europe and North America are north. New York state is further north in latitude than Melbourne is south in latitude and the Aurora Borealis is pretty rare even up near the Canadian border.
fatguyfromqueens t1_j9jj6k1 wrote
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Well since cats are carnivores, is it cruel to have a cat chase a laser pen mousey when they can never actually catch the mouse?