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Gsus4@mander.xyz to Biology@mander.xyz · 5 days ago

Earthworms Don’t Bio-Accumulate Microplastics, So There May Be Hope For Us

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Earthworms Don’t Bio-Accumulate Microplastics, So There May Be Hope For Us

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Gsus4@mander.xyz to Biology@mander.xyz · 5 days ago
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Microplastics absolutely saturate the Earth’s environment, and that’s probably not a good thing unless you’re looking for a sediment marker for the Anthropocene period. On the oth…
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    What, do they just shit it out in little 3D printed objects like
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    I wish by balls did that, but they just hoard the plastic.

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      Yes, but you don’t spend your life underground sucking shit off of rocks and judiciously expelling what isn’t useful.

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        You don’t know me!!

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          “On the internet, nobody knows you’re an earthworm.”

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            Still better than a llm.

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