Who would survive ?

[TheBile 0]

If Earth got hit by an asteroid of the same size as 65 Million and Three years ago, which species would survive ?

Gerb

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[turtlespeed 226]

at the very least - the cockroach.

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[mr2mk1g 10]

Logically if its the same kind of impact as 65 million years ago it'll all go fairly similarly.

Small hairy things will do best, things already adapted to the cold, scavengers and omnivores will do best, detritivores should come through virtually unscathed so long as they can cope with the climate. Anythig big will dissapear.

Humans will probably survive fine - there are loads of us and we're too clever. We'd retreat underground and turn nuclear. Society as we know it would be snafu and the biggest risk to our survival would be less the environment and (same as now) - each other.

Even if you discount the initial decimation of the world populus from the blast, with resources so streached we could not hope to maintain current population levels (not even in the west). Faced with such massive loss of life I expect society would turn on itself as those survivors fought amungst themselves for whatever resources are left.

So I think humans would survive - but not society as we know it. Animals associated with humans would probably do ok too - so dogs, possably cats and common farm-yard animals would be kept alive by us.

And volvo's.

[EricaH 0]

Didn't see the Cher option ; so had to pick other.

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[nacmacfeegle 0]

Not sure if you have to consider the blast in isolation.
I reckon there might be some sort of natural nuclear winter caused by dust in the atmosphere etc. Another ice age? A whole new kick start to the eveolution of life on the planet?
Dunno.
Haggis may just pull through....
And Gerbils of course.

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[Gawain 0]

Did bacteria even survive that last asteroid? I say nothing.

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[rehmwa 2]

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Didn't see the Cher option ; so had to pick other.

Arachnids - it down on the list a ways

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[EricaH 0]

HAHAHAHA -
Doh, thanks

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[SkyDekker 1,465]

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Did bacteria even survive that last asteroid? I say nothing.

some new evidence suggests that the dinosaurs were not extinct by an astroid hit. If that is true, I am pretty sure bacteria survived as well.

[turtlespeed 226]

Actually they ran out of fossil fuel and the world ended.

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[Kennedy 0]

Not necessarily. The one 65 million years ago wasn't even that big, in terms of what has hit the earth. That one was bad because of where it hit. That area of the gulf and mexico are largely built of limestone (IIRC) and when it was vaporized, it basically became poison. So there was some serious poison raining down on things, and worse, most of that poison went straight into the ocean - killing most fungi, plankton, and bottom feeders, leaving the bigger species to starve.

Most of the species that went extinct did so because of side effects of location, not directly due to the strike.

Humans would probably die out in 100 years or so. We are simply not equipped to handle that sort of disaster. If it were smaller, and most of the environment survived, cool, humans get to keep ruling the world. Anything serious, and we're just as dead as the animals.

What do I think would survive? Nothing over 60 lbs. Basically the smaller, faster reproducing, quicker animals would survive. If he have another 98% killer, bugs, bacteria, some ocean plant life and not much else.

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[piisfish 140]

i put :
bird, 'cause we are birdmen
bears, 'cause I am part of the Flying Polar Bears
fish, 'cause that's how people call me

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