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[-] MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 63 points 6 months ago

I wonder what decomp would be like on the Moon. I imagine at worst this dino would be a mummy, but it'd be pretty wild to find a barely rotten T Rex.

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 36 points 6 months ago

Assuming they were wearing a space suit, probably nothing very different from ordinary decomposition except the lack of insects

[-] MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 months ago

A lot of the tiny critters responsible for decomp are aerobic, though, right? So once the air in the suit ran out they'd die, too.

[-] wahming@monyet.cc 10 points 6 months ago

The bacterial mix would probably be very different, but I don't see why the anaerobic critters couldn't finish the job.

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