Why does amber perfectly preserve things from millions of years ago?

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I just don’t understand how there isn’t any decay at all, that’s crazy

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* Amber comes from tree sap. It naturally contains antibiotics and insecticides the tree produces to defend itself.
* Sap also sucks the moisture out quickly from whatever it traps.
* Sap seals out oxygen.

taken together, the bug or whatever that got caught has no chance to decay.

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