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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
It's not really mummified, it's fossilized. I hate it when the media thinks all these words are interchangable! The skin texture is there but it's not the original material (as in mummification which is usually preservative dessication combined with some kind of anerobic environment). The skin is all replaced by minerals. It's fossilized.
I think I would like that job though.
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I must preface this with I didn't read the article.
There was a documentary about this not to long ago and they beleived there was a chance parts of the animal were mummified including the organs. The also ran it through a CT scan that showed a croc curled up against its belly.