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A praying mantis preserved in amber for millions of years not a sculpture, but a real prehistoric insect trapped in tree resin and fossilized into a natural time capsule.

An entire moment from ancient Earth… frozen before humans even existed.

Check out : https://www.natureknows.org/2024/02/30-million-year-old-praying-mantis-is.html

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[–] sen@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Man sap was a real problem millions of years ago

[–] M137@lemmy.today 0 points 7 minutes ago

Not more than it is now, it's just such a huge amount of time that smaller creatures have had to find themselves in those situations. Some thousands to 250 million years ago is a loooooong time for bugs and other critters to end up as amber fossils.