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[–] ngwoo@lemmy.world 58 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The ocean was purple once, and another time the only thing taller than little bushes were twenty foot tall mushrooms shaped like asparagus

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And 80ft horsetails

[–] buttfarts@lemy.lol 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Seriously?! 80ft horsetails? I knew they were a prehistoric plant that can grow through asphalt but had no idea they got that big

[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Now this explains what happened to all the roads back then.

[–] affiliate@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

scary to think of how big the horses themselves must have been

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Ok now, I get that it's a theory but you can't just assume this one is 100.