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roseembolism) wrote2008-10-10 02:34 pm
roseembolism) wrote2008-10-10 02:34 pm
Metal-Eating "Superworms"!!!!
Seriously! According to the article in Discvoer Magazine:
Newly evolved "superworms" that feast on toxic waste could help cleanse polluted industrial land, a new study says.
These hardcore heavy metal fans, unearthed at disused mining sites in England and Wales, devour lead, zinc, arsenic, and copper.
The earthworms excrete a slightly different version of the metals, making them easier for plants to suck up. Harvesting the plants would leave cleaner soil behind.
These hardcore heavy metal fans, unearthed at disused mining sites in England and Wales, devour lead, zinc, arsenic, and copper.
The earthworms excrete a slightly different version of the metals, making them easier for plants to suck up. Harvesting the plants would leave cleaner soil behind.
So all I want now is for them to grow up to 60' long, and be able to eat concrete blocks, houses, cars, small yappy dogs and the like. Then it would be a wonderful product of lost bioengineering science to have rampaging (well, actually slowly squirming) through my 'Under the Green Moon' setting.