How The Dinosaurs Actually Died

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Kurzgesagt's favourite topics, in no particular order: 1. Black holes 2. Dinosaurs 3. Ants ANTS ANTS 4. Very large things 5. Apocalypses of unforseen dread 6. Existential horror

The dinosaurs on the opposite side of the world: “Haha get fucked” The asteroid:

For those wondering, the most likely source of the next flood basalt eruption will be the same plume that probably created the Deccan Traps: the Réunion Plume, currently located beneath South Africa all the way to the East coast of Madagascar. It’s one of the largest subterranean structures on Earth (possibly dating back to the beginning of Earth, maybe even caused by the theorized Theia impact that formed the moon), and currently it’s pretty quiet. Small plumes branch off of it to form individual active volcanoes. However, it has a massive blob of magma located beneath Southern Africa that would dwarf the Deccan Traps and rival the Siberian Traps in size if it ever managed to surface. Luckily for us it would take tens of millions of years at minimum to do so. So y’all can sleep soundly knowing that we probably won’t be seeing fiery volcanic doom within our lifetimes! Probably.

“Had it stopped here, there might still be dinosaurs today.” Birds: Am I some kind of joke to you?

this is why kids practice the floor is lava

As an Indian, I sincerely apologise to the dinosaurs.

A deeper video on the Permian mass extinction would be really interesting. Large drops in oxygen levels, mass desertification, ocean acidification, the devastation of basically every single genera of living thing (not even the insects got through this one without getting hit hard). When scientists call something 'The Great Dying', you know they're being serious.

I'm surprised you didn't mention the lensing effect. The fact that the Yucatan impact was almost exactly on the other side of the planet to the decan traps, would mean the impact shockwaves would be focused on the decan traps, rupturing the crust and sending the traps into overdrive.

Dinosaurs: We made it through the the storm. Asteroid: Nah not really.

My bad bro… It was me

God after realizing dinosaurs can't build churches:

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7:38 The imagery of the earth struggling while taking a flaming hot dump and getting hit in the head with a flaming rock is memorable

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This was so informative, thank you!

Great video as always, many thanks! I wonder if the Deccan Traps was infuenced at all by seismic focusing of the Chicxulub impact.

I’m literally sleeping over those Deccan traps. I live in the city of Ballari near historic city of Hampi, in the middle of Deccan plateau of southern India . We have these massive continuous granite hill ranges, but I never imagined they caused the mass extinction!

6:36 the ability to describe a living creature vomiting foam while being bathed in acid in such a calm manner is an underrated skill... well done, narrator...

Finally the new perspective about this world. Thank you kursgezagt