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Why would it be unusual to find a fossil of an organism’s eye?

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The preservation of anything other than mineral skeletons is (with a few exceptions described below) an extremely rare event. Anything that can decay is likely to be lost. Fur, skin, internal organs – all are immensely vulnerable to the destruction by bacteria, fungi and scavengers that assure their recycling back into the ecosystem.
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