▲ 308 ▼ Plastic-eating insect discovered in Kenya (theconversation.com) submitted 2 years ago by Joker@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (3 children) Hmmm...... How to create an invasive species in 3...2....1... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 25 points 2 years ago Finally, a clothes moth that can eat polyester permalink fedilink source parent [–] Etterra@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago They're mealworms of a species already found on numerous continents, I think it'll be fine. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Goodbye built human world ! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago About time! The kind of funny thing is that if this happened for real, the next big plastic product would just be pesticide impregnated plastics. And then we’d have pesticide microplastics everywhere! permalink fedilink source parent [–] pageflight@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Back to building with stone, metal, and wood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago As if housing wasn't expensive enough already. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 25 points 2 years ago Finally, a clothes moth that can eat polyester permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago They're mealworms of a species already found on numerous continents, I think it'll be fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) Goodbye built human world ! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago About time! The kind of funny thing is that if this happened for real, the next big plastic product would just be pesticide impregnated plastics. And then we’d have pesticide microplastics everywhere! permalink fedilink source parent [–] pageflight@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Back to building with stone, metal, and wood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago As if housing wasn't expensive enough already. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago About time! The kind of funny thing is that if this happened for real, the next big plastic product would just be pesticide impregnated plastics. And then we’d have pesticide microplastics everywhere! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pageflight@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Back to building with stone, metal, and wood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago As if housing wasn't expensive enough already. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago As if housing wasn't expensive enough already. permalink fedilink source parent