# This is just sick \[fossilized vomit discovered in Denmark\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 28, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524 "2025-01-28T12:18:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524/1 "2025-01-28T12:18:26Z")
66 million year old fish vomit found in Denmark … > **[66 million-year-old fossilised vomit discovered in Denmark](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp82jle12j7o)** > > Experts say the discovery will help them understand what animals were eating during the Cretaceous period. Sounds more like it will help them discover what animals shouldn’t have been eating. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524/2 "2025-01-28T14:51:30Z")
“Cleanen uppen aislen seks!” ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524/3 "2025-01-28T20:04:37Z")
**Moderator Note** While I appreciate the clever title, it was unfortunately a bit too non-descriptive regarding the actual topic. I have therefore edited the title to more clearly indicate the actual topic. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524/4 "2025-01-28T23:00:08Z")
This really begs the question … how does vomit, as such, actually get fossilised? How do they tell the difference between this and, say, a seal lily died and its corpse was stepped on and mushed up by a plesiosaur? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524/5 "2025-01-28T23:00:28Z")
So - - they don’t know which sort of fish or shark produced the fossil. They only know what sort of organism was in the fossil (sea lilies). They didn’t say why it was categorized as vomit and not feces. I assume it was because it was a loose pile and not shaped in any way. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2025, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-just-sick-fossilized-vomit-discovered-in-denmark/1013524/6 "2025-01-28T23:28:03Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > So - - they don’t know which sort of fish or shark produced the fossil. They only know what sort of organism was in the fossil (sea lilies). They didn’t say why it was categorized as vomit and not feces. I assume it was because it was a loose pile and not shaped in any way. They don’t know whose it is. You can’t really dust for vomit.