Discussed a bit at the time (of the article):<p><i>Why Birds Survived, and Dinosaurs Went Extinct, After an Asteroid Hit Earth</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24488527">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24488527</a> - Sept 2020 (3 comments)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccan_Traps" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deccan_Traps</a><p>This happened roughly contemporaneously to the asteroid strike.
Birds <i>are</i> dinosaurs:<p><a href="https://www.birdlife.org/news/2021/12/21/its-official-birds-are-literally-dinosaurs-heres-how-we-know/" rel="nofollow">https://www.birdlife.org/news/2021/12/21/its-official-birds-...</a><p>A fact I'm reminded of when I spook a stork/heron/crane when I'm walking my dog along the river near me. They make a crazy dinosaur sound, and in flight even resemble somewhat the classic illustrations of Pterosaurs.<p>Bonus link, the common ancestor of both birds and crocodiles:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archosaur" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archosaur</a>
We're trying to infer a query here: SELECT species FROM animals WHERE habitat IN [protected_from_burning_sky] AND diet IN [non_photosynthesis_dependant_foods]