Re: Insects at K/T boundary

["N. MacLeod" <N.MacLeod@xxxxxxxxx>]

My entomologist friends tell me that insect faunas are changing as a result
of modern environmental change, which is much less than most of the
post-impact environmental scenarios that have been discussed in the
technical and popular literature. Then again, there are those who have
argued that birds and amphibians survived because they hung out (=
hibernated?) in caves. Perhaps we should accentuate the positive and
describe the K-T transition as a "hibernation event." ;->

Norm MacLeod

>>Hibernation seems the most plausible reason why insects were hardly affected
>>by the K/T boundary event.
>>
>>Yours sincerely,
>>
>>Andrew Ross
>>





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Dr. Norman MacLeod
Micropalaeontological Research
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