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Udderly brilliant! Scientists discover microbes in cow stomachs that can break down PLASTIC — representing a sustainable way to reduce litter
The Daily Mail ^ | 2 Jul 2021 | Ian Randall

Posted on 07/02/2021 8:02:11 PM PDT by blueplum

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To: Dusty Road
“it was the copper puncturing the intestines”

Its called hardware. Being that it was copper, no cow magnet would have worked. And yes we used to shove cow magnets down their throats if they got hardware.

Fun, nose pinchers on and a balling gun and get that SOB down the hatch while fighting like hell with the stupid thing.

Dumbest animal on earth.

41 posted on 07/02/2021 10:12:51 PM PDT by crz
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To: CommerceComet
No, Mikey hates everything.
42 posted on 07/02/2021 10:14:27 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Yep! That’s why they were surprised when he liked it.


43 posted on 07/02/2021 10:23:53 PM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: blueplum

Dinosaurs can eat the old cars, if we bring them back.


44 posted on 07/02/2021 10:48:49 PM PDT by Doctor DNA (Fine words butter no parsnips)
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To: blueplum
Phthalates found in all plastics linked to a 24 to 34.1 percent drop in testosterone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVvr_Fae7pc
45 posted on 07/02/2021 11:31:54 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: Openurmind

wide=ranging applications - the first thing I thought of is metabolizing the micro beads the water treatment plants complain are in too many beauty and laundry products. Guilt free exfoliating and guilt free scented laundry - it’s a new world !

Thank you, Lord, for making a dumb animal with so much to give. Including humor from time to time :)


46 posted on 07/02/2021 11:35:31 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
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To: blueplum

Should have started the testing with goats.


47 posted on 07/03/2021 5:04:42 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: waterhill

Not really. What if they culture the microbes and dump tons of plastic waste into the tank to be instantly melted away. Just think, you’ll no longer have to play the recycling charade (I refuse to play along) and we won’t hear endless sob stories about some mythical plastic island in the Pacific. (99% of which comes from China)


48 posted on 07/03/2021 6:24:04 AM PDT by cyclotic (Live your life in such a way that they hate you as much as they hated Rush Limbaugh)
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To: blueplum

Russian Tortoises might do that too. We have one that once ate an entire plastic plant after a hibernation period and it never had a problem. No chunks of plastic ever found in the poop. That was about 10 years ago and it’s still going strong. No more fake plants in his home.


49 posted on 07/03/2021 7:57:00 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: Dusty Road

“They especially like coyote scat for some reason, they hit it like it’s Hershey’s Kisses.”

Partially digested rodent bones. (Yum!) Good source of calcium and magnesium.

Note that rodents are particularly fond of wiring insulation in Toyotas. http://www.toyotaproblems.com/soy-wiring/

Never heard of a Cow doing that though.

Cows and wire and magnets oh my! (you know this, but others may not.)

https://www.iamcountryside.com/cattle/hardware-disease-in-cattle/


50 posted on 07/03/2021 8:05:55 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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