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[–] bobby_hill@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Most oil (like, 99% of it, IIRC) is from decayed plant matter, not animal matter.

[–] Zehzin@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

While we're being pedantic about dinosaurs and children's cartoons (my favorite pasttime), Littlefoot and Spike would have lived like 90 million years apart from Cera.

[–] money_loo@1337lemmy.com 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jesus, bro, why not just tell everyone the brave little toaster wasn’t even that brave while you’re at it.

He also toasted bread unevenly

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

And Ducky shouldn't have eyelashes. Wait, does Cera have external ears??

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's not saying they turned into oil. They turned into an oil rig. /s

[–] spicytuna62@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

But that'd make a lot of sense when you consider the fact that trees outnumber people like 380:1.

It's actually mostly plankton. Most traditional oil deposits formed from shallow seas.