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While its undeniably sad that we litter so much in our environment - its very very cool that nature is adapting in the way it is to our dirty habits - in the sa
by Aloha 11y ago
While its undeniably sad that we litter so much in our environment - its very very cool that nature is adapting in the way it is to our dirty habits - in the same vein I'm expecting a species of something will evolve to eat and biodegrade plastics, rubbers and other similar materials.
- voxic11 11y agoActually one of my favorite examples of evolution in action are nylon eating bacteria, which evolved the capabilty to catalyze nylon for energy in a lake that was heavily contaminated by nylon production in the 1930s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon-eating_bacteria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nylon-eating_bacteria
- bitJericho 11y agoWhile great for the environment, this would be terrible for things we don't want to degrade!
- kaybe 11y agoIt is also not a good strategy for the organisms involved since what we produce, especially the organics, changes fast and we're about the only source..