How the Demise of Dinosaurs Led to the Rise of Snakes

The doom of the dinosaurs was bully quality for snakes. According to new research, snake biodiversity began expanding soon aft the Cretaceous–Paleogene wide extinction—you know, the 1 brought astir by a immense asteroid interaction 66 cardinal years ago. The asteroid caused astir 75 percent of each species, and each of the non-avian dinosaurs, to spell extinct.