NO FRIGGIN' WAY!

 HALF?

Maybe a quarter, or a third, but HALF?

Nearly half of Americans think dinosaurs ‘definitely’ still exist today

Dinosaurs lived between about 245 and 66 million years ago, and are, I hope we can all agree, long dead.

Turns out, a surprising number of Americans believe they still roam the Earth today. We’ve one question - where do they think they’re hiding?

A recent OnePoll survey asked 2,000 Americans if they believed that dinosaurs may still exist in remote areas of the world, 46% of them said “yes, definitely”.

It was 66 million years ago when dinosaurs went extinct but apparently most of the Americans survey do not believe this to be true.

  • 23% said the extinction happened 2,000 years ago,
  • 21% said 100 years ago,
  • 18% responded 10,000 years ago
  • 13% said 3 million years ago.

Despite these inaccurate guesses, most were able to recognise a tyrannosaurs rex.

However, an astounding 60% think there was a dinosaur called the “doyouthinktheysarus.”

Though, parents are seemingly self-aware that their children are more knowledgeable than them when it comes to the prehistoric reptiles.

With 41% of parents believing their child knows more about dinosaurs than them and 35% said their child knows somewhat more about the creatures.

https://www.indy100.com/news/dinosaurs-usa-beliefs-fossils-b1861002



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