Chicxulub: The Asteroid that Killed the Dinosaurs | Documentary
Sixty six million years ago, just off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in what is now the North East coast of modern Mexico, and a herd of spectacular creatures is on the move. About thirty Torosaurus, very similar in appearance to its northern cousin Triceratops, are traveling in search of new areas to feed. The tropical climate of the peninsula brings breezes in from the sea, and the dinosaurs have gathered by the rocky shore to feed on the rich vegetation in the forests that surround the coastline. High above, an iconic giant of the Mesozoic soars from island to island; Quetzalcoatlus, a famous pterosaur the size of a small plane.
Feeding on the invertebrates within the debris kicked up by the moving herd of Torosaurus is Ojoraptorsaurus, a brightly coloured, feathered oviraptorid, which poses no threat to the horned giants it shadows. The trees of the nearby forest cast their shadows over the herd, and within those trees, small mammals are darting in and out of the vegetation to avoid predators that lurk within the dense undergrowth. The adjacent sea is home to a rich myriad of wildlife - fossils of both bony and cartilaginous fish, as well as amphibians and turtles have been found here. It is a rich ecosystem, blossoming with life.
Everywhere you look, there is something going on, something to see, strange and unfamiliar creatures to observe. It is the culmination of millions of years of evolutionary work - 180 million years, to be precise. The dynasty of the dinosaurs, beginning in the Late Triassic Period and giving rise to a group of animals that would quite literally rule the earth for the entire Mesozoic era, reached its zenith in the Cretaceous period, which was, unfortunately, about to come to a cataclysmic end.
0:00 Introduction
3:57 The Day Of The Extinction
14:11 Who Would Survive And Who Would Go Extinct?
21:49 The Discovery - How Do We Know All This?
27:50 Is Chicxulub Definitely The Culprit?
33:37 Outro
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