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[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

During the period fish and sharks would eat sea lilies, which are hard to digest meaning they would then "regurgitate all the chalk bits", he explained.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Party foul forever

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 4 points 2 months ago
[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would’ve thought vomit would biodegrade before it could fossilize

[–] TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

They vomited chalk/calcium carbonate from marine invertebrates.