PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat to science@lemmy.world · 1 month agoPlastic-eating insect discovered in Kenyaphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down11
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minus-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month agoI expected to see microbes here first. Insects have a slower reproduction cycle, so evolution should take longer.
minus-squareLwL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoWell, it’s the gut bacteria of those insects doing the breaking down, so it is still microbes. Just microbes hosted by worms.
I expected to see microbes here first. Insects have a slower reproduction cycle, so evolution should take longer.
Well, it’s the gut bacteria of those insects doing the breaking down, so it is still microbes. Just microbes hosted by worms.