Note that although species can be described as tree-like, they didn’t quite look like modern trees do. Also, much of the world was swamp, and much of the dead plant material sank into these bogs and decayed into peat.
The amount of CO2 trapped during this period caused the atmosphere to be around 35% oxygen. This allowed life with inefficient respiratory systems to grow much bigger in size without suffocating, mainly insects. Think woodlice 6 feet long, spiders the size of dogs, millipedes as big as cars, and dragonflies as big as eagles.
XOXOX@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Now consider wild fires during that period.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Fire hadn’t been invented yet.
nikaaa@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
they said “wild fires”
just like wild horses, wild fires existed long before they were domesticated.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You just ruined the song.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Was the world turning though?
affiliate@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
they must have been wild