Well I’ll be damned. 👍🏽
Scientists may have discovered an unlikely ally in the fight against plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. Native to Africa but now widespread across the planet, a beetle larvae from the Alphitobius genus can consume & degrade plastic.
https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/plastic-eating-mealworms-native-to-africa-discovered
Scientists may have discovered an unlikely ally in the fight against plastic waste: the lesser mealworm. Native to Africa but now widespread across the planet, a beetle larvae from the Alphitobius genus can consume & degrade plastic.
https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/plastic-eating-mealworms-native-to-africa-discovered
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It seems that every species on the planet has some amount of plastic contamination already.
And yes, you can buy those in pet stores or even online