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How did birds survive while dinosaurs went extinct?

  • Written by Chris Lituma, Assistant Professor of Wildlife and Fisheries Resources, West Virginia University
imageIt wasn't flying that gave birds the advantage.Corey Ford/Stocktrek Images via Getty Imagesimage

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If dinosaurs died, how come there are birds? Caiden S., age 9, Wylie, Texas

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