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minus-squarelimelight79@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoI mean, a fossil record of a bunch of creatures is pretty interesting. But I think it ranks up there with quicksand in the “dangerous things we thought we’d encounter much more regularly in adulthood” category.
minus-square𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoTBF, far more dinosaurs perished in tar pits than humans have or ever will be consumed in quicksand. For dinosaurs, tar pits were an actual menace.
minus-squareHeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agotar pits are surprisingly dangerous don’t turn your face on one
I mean, a fossil record of a bunch of creatures is pretty interesting.
But I think it ranks up there with quicksand in the “dangerous things we thought we’d encounter much more regularly in adulthood” category.
TBF, far more dinosaurs perished in tar pits than humans have or ever will be consumed in quicksand. For dinosaurs, tar pits were an actual menace.
tar pits are surprisingly dangerous don’t turn your face on one
