Lopen's Left Arm@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1597arrow-down116cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
arrow-up1581arrow-down1external-linkTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comLopen's Left Arm@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square116fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.online
minus-squarespongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoAnd just like… Disintegrated instead of fossilizing
minus-squareBleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year 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-up7·1 year 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-up10·1 year 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.