[LibWhacker]

Burnt and rotting plant and animal matter, each other, etc. They survived it so obviously there was some food for them.

[Old Professer]

That's not good enough, it's like saying you are clever because you're still alive, pure tautology.

[William Terrell]

They survived it so obviously there was some food for them.

Or it didn't happen as this scientist says it did, which is the most likely slice of Occam's Razor.