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[–] kubica@fedia.io 0 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Nature likes things that turn hard- Wait what?

[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 weeks ago

u might be onto something, this thread sent me down the rabbit hole and penises have evolved independently at least 6 times

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Weren't there like, several millions of years where trees evolved but nothing had come yet to break down wood, so like, generations of dead forest just fell on top of each other until some fungus was like "that looks yummy"?

[–] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The molecule is called lignin. And yes, there was a good 60 million years before that particular problem was cracked.

[–] OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] meyotch@slrpnk.net 0 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

First, we bio-engineer bacteria and fungi to prefer plastic as food.

Second, these bacteria become a serious endopathogen in the human body while scavenging our precious bodily microplastics.

Third, we engineer a bacteriophage to attack the bacteria in our brains.

Fourth…

The whole human comedy just keeps going and going

[–] TwentySeven@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago

I know an old woman who swallowed a fly...

[–] OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The beautiful part is that when wintertime rolls around the gorillas simply freeze to death

[–] jaded_genie@lemmy.world 0 points 4 weeks ago

Exactly the reference I thought of reading this

[–] Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 weeks ago

Yes, that is how we got coal.