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[–] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

To be fair, things can fossilise very quickly given ideal conditions. Still dinosaurs reigned for a lot more time than mammals and frankly nature is still feeling the loss in certain ways.

https://www.americanforests.org/article/the-trees-that-miss-the-mammoths/

[–] negativenull@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Another fun fact (dino facts are the best facts): There are more "dinosaur" species alive today than there are mammal species.
11,000 bird species alive today (approx)
6,000 mammal species alive today (approx)

[–] GlenRambo@jlai.lu 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] PixelPinecone@lemmy.today 4 points 2 days ago

Who is “they” and why do they have “all bats”? Also, what’s an all bat?

On a more serious note, I didn’t know most bird species were bats. That’s wild.