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 1 year ago
Now consider wild fires during that period.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Fire hadn’t been invented yet.
nikaaa@lemmy.world 1 year ago
they said “wild fires”
just like wild horses, wild fires existed long before they were domesticated.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You just ruined the song.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Was the world turning though?
affiliate@lemmy.world 1 year ago
they must have been wild