RE: Scientists Accidentally Discover Caterpillar That Eats Plastic

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Scientists Accidentally Discover Caterpillar That Eats Plastic

in amazing •  7 years ago 

I did, I didn't digest that part.

"Moreover, the caterpillars were not only eating the incredibly resistant plastic, they were chemically transforming the polyethylene into ethylene glycol (an inexpensive and miscible solvent with a low freezing point and high boiling point, and a structure similar to water). "

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