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Yes but I assume that plankton are smart enough not to eat rock particles, since they have both existed for millions/billions of years and plankton have adapted
by glenneroo 8y ago
Yes but I assume that plankton are smart enough not to eat rock particles, since they have both existed for millions/billions of years and plankton have adapted to discern between edible/inedible, whereas plastic is a very recent invention and is easily mistaken as a food source.
Perhaps you need an analogy:
Consider if a company were to sell you a plastic hamburgers disguised as a real hamburgers (i.e. how advertising food products used to be before being outlawed). Now, pretend you could swallow and ingest a hamburger whole (without chewing i.e. how plankton eat). What do you think will happen to your body?
Here is a video in case you are unable to follow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beUhzQAkanM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beUhzQAkanM
- nothrabannosir 8y agoThis point stands without the snark. I understand the frustration when people poopooh climate issues, but at the end of the day, nobody is served by a slapfest. Would you please consider editing to remove the snarky jabs?
- scrollaway 8y agoI'm not reading snark in the parent's response. Consider giving people the benefit of the doubt.
- smogcutter 8y ago> Perhaps you need an analogy > Here is a video in case you are unable to follow: This is patronizing and rude.
- magduf 8y agoPossibly, but in cases where someone is being willfully obtuse (which I'm not claiming is the case here, but I see it elsewhere a lot), how else are you supposed to respond? Constantly being polite when someone is being willfully contrary actually seems to result in the other person appearing to win the argument according to bystanders. We see this in politics all the time: the candidates who sling mud and make bad arguments and cite outright falsehoods win elections, while the ones who always take the high road lose.
- glenneroo 8y agoIt definitely wasn't my intention, but you're right that I could have worded it better. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, I'll pay more attention in the future.
- Chris_Chambers 8y agoHer point also stands without the misogynistic tone policing.
- glenneroo 8y agoApologies, I honestly didn't mean to be snarky :( I'll try to watch for that in the future.
- blackflame7000 8y agoKnowing what to eat is actually a very advanced function. There are humans that don't even know not to eat paste. Dogs that eat feces. Teenagers that eat TidePods. Plankton is at a severe disadvantage when comparing neurons.
- jimmaswell 8y agoIt's my understanding that the dog isn't harmed by doing that, and it's just a way to recoup/find missing nutrients.
- magduf 8y ago>Dogs that eat feces. Yet another reason why it baffles me that anyone wants one of these things as a pet. Cats are smart enough not to eat feces, theirs or anyone else's. They're also smart enough to do their best to bury their own feces so they don't stink up your place.
- freeflight 8y agoThat's just the toxoplasmosis talking [0], the little furry monsters have already made you their servant. In contrast to cats, these dog "things" can actually be very useful, and extremely loyal [1], working animals. [0] https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-how-the-mind-altering-cat-parasite-controls-our-immune-response https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-how-the-mind-al... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachik%C5%8D