If dinosaurs weren't extinct, how do you think people would keep themselves safe from them?

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SoftCliff · Accepted Answer

If dinosaurs had never become extinct then our entire urban system would be designed in a very different way.

Towns would have huge moats around them - or huge empty moats around them - essentially giant pits with bridges over them.

The moats would be surrounded by mine fields to ensure the dinosaurs keep away from the pits.

And the bridges would be guarded with watchtowers with LARGE GUNS - artillery the likes of which you rarely see outside towns in this day and age.

I am pretty sure the internet would never have been developed, and - come to that most of the inter-connectivity we take for granted wouldn’t exist either. No mobile phone network, no world wide phone network, no world wide television network.

I think cities would be a lot safer from animal attacks than rural areas. Crews would be in constant danger from a stray predator attack, and that each crew would need some sort of security detail, much like construction crews have in more dangerous parts of the world.

Travel between the cities — that would be hard but would mostly be done the same way. Fast, and heavily armed. They wouldn’t attempt to kill the dinosaurs - just to drive them off and deter them from attacking.

The sides of the roads would be mined to prevent the dinosaurs from getting too close and there would be a limited number of roads.

Countries would have special forces specializing in containing the Dinosaurs intruding human living areas.

There would be at least be a few tragedies related to the dinosaurs. Like in poorer countries where people get killed frequently because of less security.

Sirenboobzilla · Accepted Answer

If they never died out, we'd never exist. Consider this: mammals had the chance to go through an evolutionary boom because their competition was taken out. Suddenly, once the land was fertile again, mammals found themselves with an abundance of food and a lack of a dominant species to quell their numbers and keep them in hiding.

If things didn't go as they did, I'd think some future relative of raptors would be the dominant intelligence (maybe not as we are, or maybe even more). And as raptors hunted small creatures, mammals are royally screwed.

TheSpaceGnome · Accepted Answer

1. Birds are dinosaurs, so not all dinosaurs are extinct.

2. Anything that could kill us from the mesozoic thats larger or otherwise more dangerous than modern predators or agressive herbivores, would not be as big of a problem as people think. People tend to showcase dinosaurs as bulletproof building smashing monsters.
Yet in real life, an Elephant gun could kill a Tyrannosaurus (which is not much taller than an elephant), and a cement wall could stop it's entry no problem, small windows or not. And these are animals, not mindless killing machines, many species would end up as pets, livestock, etc. You would just as easily get gored by a Cow or Elephant as you would a Triceratops, and yet most farms have cows, and elephants are often personal caravans/pets. Also modern hippos and crocodiles can bite you in half, and any animal half your size is probably strong enough to kill you.
Yet humanity is doing just fine in spite of all that.

Googlemyahoo · Accepted Answer

I watched this interesting video where a palaeontologist reviewed dinosaurs in movies. One had an Allosaurus & Trex together. The guy said there was more time passed between the two dinosaurs then there was between Trex & man.

Its amazing how long dinosaurs were on earth for it to end so abruptly.

Bee-Hatch · Answer

Dinosaurs aren't extinct. Birds are from the dinosaurs.

But let's go with it. They'd have millions of years of evolutionary head start. We'd be pets or sport for them and not in the top spot we currently inhabit. Think planet of the apes but it's dinos ruling the planet.

Screenwriter · Answer

Humans and dinosaurs never co-existed, so this is a moot point. Didn't happen in the Earth's timeline. There are a few animals that "qualify" as living dinosaurs: crocodiles, alligators, sharks: really ancient fish and reptiles. They're dangerous, but there's little need to be where THEY are unless you're trapping them for food.

One has to be very careful then. That's the gist of it!

MTC29 · Answer

Here is the deal: there isn't a critter on this planet that human beings haven't figured out how to kill.

Millenia before firearms were even imagined, men were killing woolly mammoths and sabertoothed tigers with nothing but sharp sticks. I'm sure that the tigers ran up a good kill ratio ("The tigers dragged away Fred last night and ate him") but in the end, the cats are gone, and we are still here.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

The good Christians would just turn them into livestock, of course! 🤔🤥😬

Wade12345 · Answer

If we were still prehistoric, we'd need clovis spears and teamwork to protect against Theropod predators such as Allosaurus and Tyranosaurs. Most Dinosaurs were actually smaller than a m modern sheep though. I would imagine we could domesticate the smaller species.

Rangers · Answer

Well, I'll be even more glad that I paid attention to my favorite gun store stocks so I was able to get this for an awesome deal.

45-70 Government Strong Action is more than powerful enough to humanely put down any living creature that's ever walked this planet😎

If dinosaurs weren't extinct, how do you think people would keep themselves safe from them?

dustybiker · Answer

I’m for tickling them. No mercy until belly up.

purplepoppy · Answer

Once the gun was invented many of today's predators went locally extinct. I think the same would happen with dinosaurs. Otherwise I think we'd survive by building barriers, avoiding certain areas and just running away real fast.

Aerissa_Jade · Answer

Wouldn't have to worry, mankind would of killed them all by now or at least hunted them down to levels like the Bison in the USA.

Dinosaursandanime65 · Answer

Isn’t it possible that at some point they’re be wary of attacking humans? Like wolves? I also think only small ones could exist if they didn’t go extinct. Not including lower oxygen and all that ecological stuff, I think the biggest dinosaurs that could still exist are maybe Ceratopsians and Abelisaurus. Plastic and I think deforestation are still huge problems. The dinosaur I can imagine seeing in person are small Dromaosauruians and Archaeopteryx

Kreneman · Answer

According to your question, the first thing that popped in my head is living like the Movie Flintstones 1994 (lol) and the Second is like the Movie Jurassic World but on a serious note we would have to live like in the Movie Jurassic World but with more Safety measures around the whole world.

exitseven · Answer

one of these would do it. Take that, Dino.

laurieluvsit · Answer

Take them to Jurassic Park... lol

Anonymous · Answer

the truth is probably more like @Aerissa_Jade said, and we would have hunted them to near extinction like we did with buffalo 😭 but I like to agree with @Kreneman here and say it would be like the Flintstones. I would be a big fan of domesticated dinosaurs

EarthRealm · Answer

So All dinosaurs died were Destroyed by whatever it is Killed then everything dies the Earth was empty with no Life then all of a sudden life just happened again with nobody to Fuck each other to Create life And somehow we exist when life can’t Exist without someone fucking another.
Seems like a bunch of Bullshit to me

Th3ft · Answer

I think they would be extinct now if they weren’t killed off by whatever else killed them. Look at how many animals we have driven to extinction.

AviatorTom · Answer

Dinosaurs are not extinct. Every bird you see is descended from dinosaurs. We protect ourselves from birds by installing burd feeders... to keep them happy. We don't need any Tippy Hedron incidents.

Jaximus-Lion · Answer

Guns! A lots of guns 🤣

boggboss · Answer

If all of a sudden they now popped up it wouldn't be a issue we could easly clap them if they never went extinct might have been a issue

20yearsolder · Answer

Structurally strong buildings without windows. Day to day travel would be a son of a bitch. You just about have to travel in a tank

WeirdoFriendly · Answer

We'd have to live in the tree's. Swinging from vine to vine Tarzan style. Eating fruits and pine tree bark. Tree houses in the tallest trees, yes?  I'm just messing with you. We have tanks, don't we?

abc3643 · Answer

They would make them extinct... quickly. That's not hard.

NathanDavis · Answer

we would have killed them... just like we did with other things, lol

mstbooblover · Answer

Maybe I'm a pessimist, but I guess most people having to deal with real dinosaurs would make sure to kill them all.

DizzyDesii · Answer

I’d want to live high up but i’d be prepared to still have to fight pterodactyls

Adam1978 · Answer

No worries they would have become extinct by us like all other large animals. We would simply kill them for food. Or to remove the threat. at least the land dinosaurs, the water ones might still be around in smaller numbers.

mandyfire98 · Answer

I think my country would be fine with it considering our view on guns.

ArtemisSilver · Answer

Big ass guns.

Chazmatazz269 · Answer

We’d train them and use them like all other livestock.

RasmusAiken · Answer

Take them out with drone strikes. Maybe build a wall.

Agape93 · Answer

Thick walls. They're giant lizards, they're not sentient murder monsters.

Sixgunsound · Answer

High power rifles and electric fences just like Jurassic Park. Something tells me the interviews for local animal control officers would be a little more intense🤣

jasco · Answer

Well humans are good at adapting, we would eventually find a way to kill/capture them, it may take loner but we would find a way

In_Trance · Answer

I don't think it would be an issue

Anonymous · Answer

i feel like we’d have no infrastructure or anything if they did still exist… I don't know what the solution would be

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Just tease the shit out of them!! Our arms are long enough to reach our genitals!! Theirs aren't!! That's why they were always so pissed off, they can't play with themselves.

HeartFullOfGlue · Answer

I think we'd just kill them until they go extinct

Flats-Runner · Answer

Humanity would have hunted them to extinction anyway.

Cubus · Answer

I am pretty sure if dinosaurs didn't go extinct, humans would not evolve to the stage we are now in. Disappearing of dinosaurs allowed mammals to grow and fill their position as a dominant group. Before they were in dinosaurs' shadow.

HippieVeganJewslim · Answer

Just how they keep safe from lions and tigers and bears and dragons.

Lliam · Answer

People would kill them off the way they do anything that threatens them.

Shy_Steve · Answer

If Dinosaurs weren't Extinct we wouldn't be here.

TallAnon · Answer

They're just big animals. We'd likely make them go extinct. Hunting, resources, meat.

TonightYouu · Answer

Cage match bro💯 I could kick a dinosaurs ass im not scared of some big dumb lizard

darkoflights · Answer

we would have to avoid and got tired I guess

DWornock · Answer

If dinosaurs weren't extinct, humans and most mammals much bigger than a mouse wouldn't exist.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

Dinosaurs weren't carnivorous. They will be in the wild eating planets.

KrakenAttackin · Answer

Large bore weapons and a good market for dinosaur meat.

1GoldTwins · Answer

Rifles, rockets and bombs!

humanearth · Answer

Feed them politicians

bigpauly · Answer

They’d tear us apart 😰

Hotboy_booblover · Answer

I m sure humans would have used them for transportation.. also for amusement parks dinosaur rides..

Animallover3742 · Answer

Lots of bombs.

fonduegirl · Answer

We'd go DINOSAUR HUNTING

Sarahplus2 · Answer

I was thinking Dinoburgers

Phoenix98 · Answer

Superior firepower.

call_me_scar · Answer

Same way we avoid normal wild life I'd assume

Anonymous · Answer

Subterraneous life.

Anonymous · Answer

I think that's what guns are for.

Philyouup · Answer

we would never have evolved

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