"Dinosaur Poop Is Harder to Find Than It Should Be" Topic

"At one point, there were a lot of dinosaurs roaming around the earth. They definitely pooped. So why don't archaeologists find fossilized scat all over the place?

Paleoscatologists, as they're called, do indeed find and study dinosaur poop. Eliza Strickland at Nautilus Magazine has a profile of one such paleoscatologist, and explains that people like her "study the fossilized excrement of ancient peoples to learn about their diet, health, and lifestyles, and a few others study the fossilized droppings of extinct animals." But considering just how many dinosaurs there were and how much poop they should have produced, some have wondered why there isn't more paleoscat around to study.

Unlike today, where scavengers like dung beetles and flies break down feces, in the Mesozoic, there were relatively few insects that could have done the dirty deed and done it on such a large scale. But, according to a recent study, there is one main culprit for the lack of dino dung—cockroaches…"
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Armand

I have to confess this is a topic that had never even occurred to me. That said, I have no problem with the idea of blaming cockroaches for anything from a lack of extant dinosaur poop to the fall of Minoan culture, and probably a few other catasrophes besides…

So, it's not confirmation of creationists arguments??

So, it's not confirmation of creationists arguments??

Let's just say that it is far more glamorous to fake dinosaur skeletons than to fake dinosaur crap.

There are no Creationist arguments. Just Creationist excuses.

1%???

When Iived on mh farm cow and horse crap in the pastures would't last beyond a couple of good rains. I can't imagine dimo dung is somehow more endurant.

-Eli