• Question: Do dinosaurs still exist? Because i thought birds were dinosaurs?

    Asked by mlskld to Ailsa, Evan, James, Kath, Ryan on 18 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Ryan Ladd

      Ryan Ladd answered on 18 Jun 2011:

      Well, it depends what you mean by “exist”. Dinosaurs still exist as fossils and you could say that dinosaurs are still around as the animals which evolved from them.

      I think the animals we have today are so different to dinosaurs that you can’t really say they’re the same though.

    • Photo: Ailsa Powell

      Ailsa Powell answered on 18 Jun 2011:

      Did you ask this in the live chats? I definitely answered this question in one of them.

      BIrds aren’t dinosaurs but there is significant evidence that they evolved from a type of dinosaur.

    • Photo: Evan Keane

      Evan Keane answered on 20 Jun 2011:

      I saw this question in the live chats too! Dinosaurs no longer exist, but yes birds have evolved from dinosaurs. 🙂

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