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arrow-up1569arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comLopensLeftArm@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square113fedilink
minus-squarespongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoAnd just like… Disintegrated instead of fossilizing
minus-squareBleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoI’m not an expert by ANY means, but I think there needs to be strict conditions to make fossils. I think most bones just eventually turn to dust
minus-squarewolfshadowheart@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoThat’s true although I would also hypothesize that giant mollusks would likely fall into a biome that has these conditions. That said, I could see body of a slug not really getting fossilized. The shell probably would be, but maybe not depending on circumstances.
minus-squareSlothMama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoThe bodies yes, the shells I imagine were fashioned into exceptional armor locked in ancient vaults.
And just like… Disintegrated instead of fossilizing
I’m not an expert by ANY means, but I think there needs to be strict conditions to make fossils. I think most bones just eventually turn to dust
That’s true although I would also hypothesize that giant mollusks would likely fall into a biome that has these conditions.
That said, I could see body of a slug not really getting fossilized. The shell probably would be, but maybe not depending on circumstances.
The bodies yes, the shells I imagine were fashioned into exceptional armor locked in ancient vaults.