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Alex Ar [27]
3 years ago
8

Which body parts don’t fossilize because animals tend to consume them?

Biology
2 answers:
Shkiper50 [21]3 years ago
7 0
Muscles do not fossilize.
kolezko [41]3 years ago
4 0
Muscles dont fossilize
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