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nitpicked

(1,209 posts)
Mon May 19, 2025, 05:54 AM May 19

Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death'

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k3x8lmje1o

Hidden beneath the slopes of a lush forest in Alberta, Canada, is a mass grave on a monumental scale.

Thousands of dinosaurs were buried here, killed in an instant on a day of utter devastation.

Now, a group of palaeontologists have come to Pipestone Creek - appropriately nicknamed the "River of Death" - to help solve a 72-million-year-old enigma: how did they die?
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All the evidence suggests that this catastrophic event was a flash flood - perhaps a storm over the mountains that sent an unstoppable torrent of water towards the herd, ripping trees from their roots and shifting boulders.
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Solving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the 'River of Death' (Original Post) nitpicked May 19 OP
Sorry to bring the subject of religion into this but it really is relevant wolfie001 May 19 #1
Wait! This wasn't Noah's flood? PJMcK May 19 #2
lol!!!! wolfie001 May 19 #4
Yep Orrex May 19 #3
This weirdo will explain it all. lol wolfie001 May 19 #5

wolfie001

(5,017 posts)
1. Sorry to bring the subject of religion into this but it really is relevant
Mon May 19, 2025, 07:53 AM
May 19

There is absolute zero link between this event and the fantastical writings of ancient "faith merchants" that came much later. Just a thought. Also!!! Very interesting read! Loved it.

Orrex

(65,221 posts)
3. Yep
Mon May 19, 2025, 08:58 AM
May 19

Every time science finds evidence of a prehistoric creek overrunning its banks, unhinged religionists (who ignore science at every turn) latch onto it as "proof" of Noah's flood.

wolfie001

(5,017 posts)
5. This weirdo will explain it all. lol
Mon May 19, 2025, 11:47 AM
May 19

What a reptilian creature. Repulsive trump-humper

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*with all the money he stole from his flock of suckers and losers, you'd think he'd at least fix those nasty, encrusted teeth. Yuck

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