Lopen's Left Arm@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTIL that a bunch of medieval manuscripts featured illustrations of knights fighting giant snails, and no one knows whywww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1596arrow-down116
arrow-up1580arrow-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 · 6 months agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-squareSlothMama@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·6 months agoHonestly, it would be amazing if the answer was that large mollusks actually existed and were poorly documented.
minus-squarespongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 months agoAnd just like… Disintegrated instead of fossilizing
minus-squareBleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 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-up7·6 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-up10·6 months agoThe bodies yes, the shells I imagine were fashioned into exceptional armor locked in ancient vaults.
Honestly, it would be amazing if the answer was that large mollusks actually existed and were poorly documented.
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.