Why didn't sharks go extinct like dinosaurs?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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If sharks were around in the time of dinosaurs, how are they still here today when dinosaurs have gone extinct? Were some just really, really good at hiding from the asteroid that hit Earth? For this episode, we talked to Karen Chin, a professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado.

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0:00.0	From the brains behind brains on this is the moment of um.
0:03.0	Moment of um.
0:05.0	Moment of um comes to you from a p.m. studios.
0:10.0	I'm Anna Wegal.
0:12.0	Um. Hey Anna. Studios, I'm Anna Weggel. Uh...
0:14.0	Hey Anna.
0:15.0	Hey Anna.
0:16.0	Have you picked out your Halloween costume yet?
0:18.0	You know, I really appreciate that you're thinking about this in the middle of June.
0:22.0	Thanks. Cuz so of June. Thanks.
0:23.0	Cuz so am I.
0:24.0	Yes, what are we thinking?
0:26.0	I definitely know I want to go as some kind of ferocious beast.
0:30.0	Me too.
0:32.0	I always say the more teeth your costume has the more fun you're going to have. I was thinking of going as a dinosaur.
0:38.0	I was thinking of going as a shark.
0:40.0	So in another life our ferocious beasts would have hung out together.
0:43.4	Well, maybe not together, but neighbors, sure.
0:48.0	You know, why did your species survive and mine didn't if they were both around at the same time.
0:53.0	Actually, funny you should ask, Jeffrey had a question about this.
0:57.0	Hi, my name is Jeffrey.
0:59.0	I live in Birmingham, Alabama.
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