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66 million-year-old fossilised vomit discovered in Denmark

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66 million-year-old fossilised vomit discovered in Denmark

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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 1 month ago

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Experts say the discovery will help them understand what animals were eating during the Cretaceous period.

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I would’ve thought vomit would biodegrade before it could fossilize
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  They vomited chalk/calcium carbonate from marine invertebrates.

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