May 23rd, 2023 at 11:42AM
eartharchives: “Ancient mass extinction may have driven millipedes to eat meatFossils of millipedes from after the mass extinction of the Permian Period have been found alongside ancient mammal carcasses, suggesting that mass plant die-off may have...

eartharchives:

Ancient mass extinction may have driven millipedes to eat meat

Fossils of millipedes from after the mass extinction of the Permian Period have been found alongside ancient mammal carcasses, suggesting that mass plant die-off may have driven them to be carnivorous.

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41 notes #they’re suggesting that millipedes scavenged mammal corpses not that they hunted prey#millipedes remain an unproblematic fave. i think i could only read the first paragraph though before they paywall
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