I mean, why evolution selected dinosaurs to become that huge?

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    They weren’t all big, but anyway, they (probably) evolved like giraffes to reach for food and as protection against physical damage from predators. The climate was also different and they had plenty of food.

    Anyway, evolution does not select. It’s not survival of the coolest features… it’s only reproduction of those that manage to reproduce.

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      1 year ago

      Um, yes, evolution does select. That’s the whole point of evolution.

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        It selects the fittest, yes. The comment above you was saying it doesn’t select coolest or specific creatures, just ones most adapted.

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        There is no evolutionary selection. Only creatures fucking. Sometimes it isn’t selective.