Ina kōrero tātou mō ngā tainasoa, ko ngā whakaahua e puta ake ana i roto i ō tātou hinengaro ko aua āhua nunui: te Tyrannosaurus rex waha whānui, te velociraptor tere, me ngā nunui kaki roa e ahua nei kua eke ki te rangi. Te āhua nei kāore he hononga ki ngā kararehe o ēnei rā, tika?
Engari, ki te mea atu ahau kāore ngā tainasoa i ngaro katoa—ā, ka puta mai anō hoki i roto i tō kīhini i ia rā—tērā pea ka whakaaro koe he kata noa iho taku.
Whakapono mai, kāore rānei, ko te kararehe e tata ana ki ngā tainasoa ko…te heihei!
Kaua e kata—ehara tēnei i te katakata, engari he rangahau pūtaiao pakari. I tangohia e ngā kaipūtaiao he iti noa iho o te pūmua collagen mai i ngā kōiwi tawhito o te T. rex i tiakina pai, ā, i whakaritea ki ngā kararehe o ēnei rā. Ko te hua whakamiharo:
Ko te raupapa pūmua o Tyrannosaurus rex e tata rawa ana ki tērā o te heihei, ā, whai muri ko te ōtereti me te korokotairo.
He aha te tikanga o tēnei?
Ko tōna tikanga, ko te heihei e kainga ana e koe i ia rā, he "taina huruhuru iti" tonu.
Nō reira, kāore he aha te kī a ētahi he rite pea te reka o te heihei parai ki te reka o ngā tainasoa—he kakara ake, he pakari ake, he māmā ake hoki te ngaungau.
Engari he aha i kiia ai he heihei, kaua ko ngā korokotairo, he rite tonu nei ki ngā tainasoa?
He māmā noa iho te take:
* Ehara ngā manu i te whanaunga tawhiti o ngā tainasoa; he **uri tika rātou nō ngā tainasoa theropod**, te rōpū kotahi me ngā velociraptor me te T. rex.
* Ahakoa he tawhito ngā mokowā, he "whanaunga tawhiti" noa iho rātou nō ngā tainasoa.
Heoi anō, he mea whakamīharo ake, he maha ngā kōiwi o ngā tainasoa e whakaatu ana i ngā huruhuru. Ko te tikanga o tēnei, he maha ngā tainasoa i rite ki… ngā heihei nunui i tā tātou i whakaaro ai!
Nō reira, ā te wā e tata ana koe ki te kai, ka taea e koe te kī mā te kata, "Kei te kai ahau i ngā waewae o ngā tainasoa i tēnei rā."
He ahua wairangi te ahua, engari he pono pūtaiao.
Ahakoa i wehe atu ngā tainasoa i te Ao 65 miriona tau ki muri, kei te noho tonu rātou i roto i tētahi atu āhua—e oma haere ana i ngā wāhi katoa hei manu, ā, e puta ana i runga i ngā tēpu kai hei heihei.
I ētahi wā, he makutu ake te pūtaiao i ngā katakata.
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