Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
Plastic-eating
caterpillar could munch waste, scientists say
The caterpillar
is the wormlike larva, the immature, wingless stage of a butterfly
or a moth. They have numerous pairs of legs and powerful biting jaws. They
usually eat the leaves of the plant or tree on which their lives began.
So what if
some species of the caterpillar eat plastic bags just like they eat the leaves
they were born on? Whether they think it’s edible or not, scientists found that
some caterpillars do eat, or at least degrade plastic bags. Sounds like good
news for the environment as millions of tons of the plastic polyethylene are
produced each year. That’s enormous number of plastic bags considering the
weight of each piece.
Enjoy reading
and thinking if caterpillars help humans clean the planet.
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