Why birds survived and dinosaurs went extinct after an asteroid hit earth (2020)

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20240124195601&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&#x2F;science-nature&#x2F;why-birds-survived-and-dinosaurs-went-extinct-after-asteroid-hit-earth-180975801&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20240124195601&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smith...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;c0hHJ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.ph&#x2F;c0hHJ</a>

After reading this, my main question changed from &quot;why did birds survive&quot; to &quot;why did crocodiles survive&quot;.

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:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24488527">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=24488527</a> - Sept 2020 (3 comments)

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Deccan_Traps" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Deccan_Traps</a><p>This happened roughly contemporaneously to the asteroid strike.

I would have thought about fishing before eating seeds tbh.

Birds <i>are</i> dinosaurs:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.birdlife.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2021&#x2F;12&#x2F;21&#x2F;its-official-birds-are-literally-dinosaurs-heres-how-we-know&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.birdlife.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2021&#x2F;12&#x2F;21&#x2F;its-official-birds-...</a><p>A fact I&#x27;m reminded of when I spook a stork&#x2F;heron&#x2F;crane when I&#x27;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:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Archosaur" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Archosaur</a>

We&#x27;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]

the video commercials on that site make the news item unreadable

The birds had wings, so they could just fly away. &#x2F;s

Is a dark but realistic thought that humanity is being more destructive for the planet ecosystem than the asteroid that killed dinosaurs.