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minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 months agoIt’s the eggs you count for parasites. I do this for a living, my friend. I posted a diagram. Soft bodied insects don’t preserve well.
minus-squareEnkrod@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoThat is extremely cool and I don’t doubt your expertise in the slightest. Was only commenting about that anoxic conditions alone wouldn’t necessarily preserve the bog mummies, but that the acidic conditions and tannins are likely more important.
It’s the eggs you count for parasites. I do this for a living, my friend. I posted a diagram. Soft bodied insects don’t preserve well.
That is extremely cool and I don’t doubt your expertise in the slightest. Was only commenting about that anoxic conditions alone wouldn’t necessarily preserve the bog mummies, but that the acidic conditions and tannins are likely more important.