Nature has learnt how to eat our plastic!

[@Chandan44256]

Humanity: "Fails to prevent pollution" Nature: Fine I'll do it myself.

[@dan5609]

Thanks nature, you're awesome.

[@erendripaeger9875]

Yayyyyy

[@mikker32]

Nature will always find a way, we can' kill the planet, but we are slowly making the planet uninhabitable for humans, but not slowly enough to evolvement can follow

[@BalboaBaggins]

Most humans don't deserve to live on this beautiful planet.

[@Pxhyre]

@@mikker32 uninhabitable means its habitable stupidf

[@nitr8]

"Romper Stomper Plastic Chomper" would have looked good on a shirt

[@au1317]

Only to be worn by muppets. The lady has spoken.

[@lunaflamed]

It can still look good on a shirt

[@Jason-mv4go]

Available at the Merch store

[@firsteerr]

rompus stompus pasticus chumperous ..their latined up

[@gelbert12]

I could buy that.

[@ramenseller]

‘Nature has learnt how to eat plastic’ The Kardashians : *sweating profusely*

[@Don.alione]

This comment gon pop off

[@theceoofracism8920]

The Kardashians are ridiculously overrated

[@glhfggwp6232]

lol this comment got me laughing

[@Tripple_Threatt92]

That’s cold 🥶😂

[@austeyen5628]

wym?? people are gonna kill for some ass eating bacteria

[@darrishawks6033]

Are you Dutch? Whoever made the Dutch subtitles did a real banger in translating "romper stomper plastic chomper" to "Klapper Flapper Plastic Happer" lol 10/10 translation

[@rcpmac]

And best comment in the romcom category goes to… DARRIS HAWKS

[@Cericle]

@@rcpmac best msg thread ive read in ages... gemstones right here

[@richardvanwijngaarden4384]

lol, they also mixed up dimethyl terephthalate with the hallucinogenic dimethyltryptamine at 8:40

[@rmitchell8439]

I'm wondering why my subtitles were switched to dutch? But I'm happy the dutch are still using the word "flapper".

[@bramtencate2170]

@@richardvanwijngaarden4384 ah I was hopeful I could get my drugs easily from plastic.

[@TheDrexxus]

As the great Dr. Ian Malcolm once said: "Life... Ah... Ah... Uh.... Finds a way."

[@wyattguilliams9472]

Life uh finds a way You got the quote wrong but I got your meaning

[@kenzyvaz7201]

Yeah ah......um..... Yo-your right

[@arrowsaurus7561]

Wyatt Guilliams r/woooosh

[@Kleo3392]

To make me vomit!

[@mmccracken2750]

Stop reading my mind!!!!

[@bananaspice1967]

This doesn't mean we should dump everything in the oceans again.

[@youpickedthewronghousefool7869]

And thats a fact

[@rathenn6959]

Yeah we need to stop India and China doing this. They are - by far - the worst culprits.

[@logangagnepain7154]

Yes sir. Lets not get lazy!

[@Creative_Icarus]

Yes

[@scottgeorge4760]

It's illegal to throw trash in the ocean in my Country.

[@jasondphoenix]

*Bacteria that eats plastic exist* "Somewhere in the distance, the Kardashians are screaming in horror and they don't know why"

[@deathbyproxy2]

LMAO

[@Lucas-wb8px]

Lmao

[@steveessary2539]

Holy shit that was funny man when I first read it I was like what about one second later damn near pissed myself laughing

[@Sharkpop0]

HAH. ITS THE END OF THE LINE, KARDASHIANS

[@pyrrehraus6571]

@Matarael, Angel of Rain the South will soon become a formless amalgamate of flesh and mold

[@chienbanane3168]

Imagine a future where these bacteria proliferate, and plastics become rare, valuable, and high maintenance materials

[@Mormanizer]

Or how about sanitary packaging...

[@friendlyneighborhoodcrackh6059]

@World Academy Of Music That’s not really how that works

[@DieFlabbergast]

It will be an ongoing arms race. New, bacteria-resistant materials will be invented and flourish for a while, until the microbes find a way to eat them. Then the cycle resumes.

[@NAUM1]

Well we have landfills full of plastic. Dig it up.

[@ThomasBomb45]

@World Academy Of Music bacteria can already eat us. After we're dead

[@cshenko]

I am going out to look in my recycle can and if I discover a plastic eating bacteria I will be sure to name it Romper Stomper Plastic Chomper :P

[@gasdive]

Chomperi

[@thechumpsbeendumped.7797]

Or ReSPeCt for short.

[@timhallas4275]

Chris Shenko: Resistance is futile.

[@gameresearch9535]

It sounds like corruption to me, because have you ever heard of Flash Graphene? We should be making plastic and garbage into carbon atoms, "especially since a lot of people and families throw away a lot of food, such as vegetables", so that we can make it into Flash Graphene. Here are 2 videos on that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqvQZnSDhauAp9U kzbin.info/www/bejne/fauno6GlfMl_hZY Want to know more about Graphene and what it is, what it does, the products so far, and where we are at with it, and Flash Graphene? Check out my other channel. kzbin.info/aero/PLAUtk-Q2DF7xsjVfESM1sqZdkHJYRw--j And this link after you watch all videos in the playlist from the first link. www.herox.com/VenusRover/forum/thread/5157 Graphene and Quantum Technologies are where we should look into for all issues, the coronavirus, Global Warming, Earth Quakes, medical field, financial field such as the economy, and so much more. Please check out all videos from top to bottom in each playlist, watch all playlists, check out each playlist description, with the articles, info and links, also links to official websites. Don't forget to check back with each playlist for updates, it might not show you unless you manually check. And please share, this isn't something we should ignore or have a short - mind span about, this changes everything and for the near future from breakthroughs and also beyond that, this is something to take very serious with all the stuff on my other channel, not to be pessimistic and skeptical, be interested, and open your mind to change your mindset, look for alternatives and think creative at a "whole other level" of "good" innovation, you will see what I meant by that when you see everything on my other channel in the links. Please check out everything, literally everything on my other channel, all videos and articles, info and links.

[@livedandletdie]

Just throw regular meal worms into the heap. They will happily consume PET plastics. After all their gut bacteria can break it down. It's not that weird seeing as cellulose and plastics have similar chemical structures.

[@Cauldron6]

Plants: not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need.

[@hendystark8333]

*we weed

[@nilsharms8197]

, but the hero weed

[@cereal8974]

Plants deserve it

[@ooooneeee]

This video is about a bacterial enzyme though?

[@benjaminyaary8419]

2020:sorry how bout we give you plastic eating bacteria

[@mjm3091]

that would be nice after the awful first half of the year

[@aliensguy4291]

@@mjm3091 plot twist, it mutates even more and grows exponentially and eats EVERYTHING made of plastic(which is like 90% of modern tech)

[@loveculture5250]

@@aliensguy4291 Plot twist plastic sanitizers in 2025 lol.

[@CarLos-wd9xc]

@@aliensguy4291 don't give 2020 more ideas :)

[@memoofjacoboarbenzjuanarev9724]

That's a good thing. Earth trying even though we just keep making messes.

[@andrewbarr4611]

Love your work Dave. I am fascinated (and abhorred) by the fact that smashing up glass bottles to "recycle" them is promoted as a great sustainability approach. The energy used in destroying and remaking a perfectly usable article must be immense. Glass bottles used to be used because of their ability to be used over and over again. Can you do a segment on why bottles aren't simply refilled?

[@fodee4313]

"Plastic eating bacteria" People that had a plastic surgeries: *Sad dancing*

[@BornotB-ij9xk]

How original

[@GodxEnergy]

menotplaying go away you actual waste of space

[@noname-sk3hl]

Korea declared a national mourning day

[@Place_Holder-cl5hk]

That actually makes me wonder what will happen

[@foosington]

@@BornotB-ij9xk there are too many things I can think of that are way more original than this

[@baophung9]

It’s a crime that this hasn’t made international news

[@nicwat10]

I hope it never made news just think about how much more plastic would be thrown in the wilderness

[@teecarter4900]

Media needs a protagonist and antagonist. Preferably with differences.

[@teecarter4900]

@@nicwat10 maybe, but do you think that is mainstream media main concern?

[@effexon]

yeah our so called press is utterly useless. priorities are wrong. yeah i know climate change exists after 10,000th time but i want to know about this too.

[@effexon]

@Willy S yeah I know this too, but point is putting little research funding into this, it can be solved, not play like we couldnt do anything. As nature has a solution, it's just engineering problem (are biochemists engineers?) to make this happen.

[@giobottan6027]

Energy source: exist Nature: It's free real estate

[@WizzerdFPS]

You're not wrong there

[@yusufsaood5484]

Okeh

[@CoolerGuy121]

💀

[@MMD88]

A bit like my cousin

[@dracast999]

Gio Bottan Tesla

[@chicobicalho5621]

In 1992, I bought a PET 1.5 liter bottle of mineral water in Rio de Janeiro, and kept it in my fridge because the spout had a handy disk like shape that made it ergonomical to lift up, and it was made from a sturdier plastic. Today, 31 years later, the same bottle is still in use, perhaps having been filled more than 10 thousand times with water from a filter. Amazing to think a product that was meant to be used once, being used 10 thousand times, and still going strong!

[@peterjol]

One of the most exciting bits of 'good' news I have heard in ages

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Best thing since crustless bread .

[@classicrocklover5615]

SSSHHH- 2020 will hear you...

[@livedandletdie]

It is a really old news though over 10 years old news...

[@jsveiga]

Good? We already worry about moths eating our clothes, silverfish eating our books and termites eating our furniture. And now we have these eating everything that's left!

[@tobiahtoviyahgoodnessof349]

Yes good news indeed

[@patthecat6491]

"Romper stomper plastic chomper"! Definitely need more scientific names like this. 😄

[@esra_erimez]

+1

[@aboodz]

Please sign the petition to change the name 😂😂

[@nobilismaximus]

Sounds to fascist... romper stomper was a movie about being nazis in Australia.

[@thechumpsbeendumped.7797]

MeerSchijvenMeerWijven Damn! You beat me to it, I just made this comment on another thread.

[@cisterna95]

@@nobilismaximus it can be the final solution to plastic question. So the name is good .

[@taroken8846]

Let's not push her to the point where she has to learn to eat humans

[@icouldntthinkofagoodname7216]

There's always the ice age or meteor option to wipe us out. Or the famous story Noah's ark.

[@naheem1845]

She already consumes us! What do you think bacteria and viruses are? Scary!

[@charmainelugay8719]

@@naheem1845 i think it still is not enough since humans tends to keep looking for a cure. How about letting the high and mighty sun to burn us all? Hmmm.

[@Kurigo]

Too late, there are bacteria that are flesh eating.... No cure too...

[@GOMFER11]

Or stop giving us oxygen or change it to some toxic air. the thing that makes me and you have life

[@wetdroidedition2549]

"The earth doesn't share our prejudice toward plastic" George Carlin

[@kevinsantos5050]

That wad our purpose in nature to create plastic Now we can go Man he wad truya ahead of his time

[@stephensauer9199]

“Could be the answer to the great question, why are we here?” Earth: “Plastic, asshole.”

[@monad_tcp]

@Unmutual but in the long run, billions of year, it will, just like lignin from plants became coal. Plastic is amazing, just like Coal.

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@monad_tcp - Yeah plastic is simply AMAZING. Its not the actual invention that plastic is that is the problem. More the billions and billions of tones of it that are not currently biodegrading and are clodding up the world. You look male from your picture, if you are your testosterone is low, if you wear synthetic fibre clothes it is likely critically low as your clothes leach estrogen-mimicking chemicals directly into your skin. A thing the fast fashion industry is quietly spending billions to find a solution to BEFORE it blows up as a massive disaster and destroys the industry.

[@theoverman4478]

@@piccalillipit9211 It's funny how few people know about plastic based clothing toxicity. I've known about it for some years now and choose my clothes very much on the basis of what their made of, unlike anyone I know. And surely, 99% have never even heard about this.

[@UltimatePerfection]

When you're a scientist, but your work makes you look like a homeless crazy guy picking through trash.

[@madensmith7014]

All you need is to wear a lab coat and suddenly you're a scientist again. A mad scientist anyway...

[@theoverseer393]

That's a common science thing

[@Tremor244]

@@madensmith7014 and have a slightly crazy haircut, no one will question you haha

[@lunaflamed]

LOL!! RIGHT!!

[@lunaflamed]

@@Tremor244 Nah, some night think it was a drunk self hair cut of a homeless person.

[@JaskHuma]

“It’s not a scientific term is it you muppet” that just made my day literally 😂

[@TUNE-Editor]

I thought it was moppet

[@sloakadani]

Marriage in a nutshell! xD

[@FahadAyaz]

Yeah, a muppet is a nice/non-aggressive way of calling someone an idiot in the UK 😅

[@FahadAyaz]

@Marrowbones 🙊

[@SpiritmanProductions]

For non-UK viewers: 'muppet' is a friendly way of calling someone mildly stupid. Similar terms: plonker, wally, silly sausage. :-)

[@Geroaergaroe]

9:30 : Mankind greatest asset strikes again : sheer dumb luck.

[@solidagold115]

Well it takes some intelligence to even know you got lucky and can actually use it.

[@zainshaikh527]

@@solidagold115 all we are is opportunistic. That's also our biggest headache now. The most vile and shitty fast food version of the opportunity grabbers are running things. The second people to run things are even further pathetic and will surely be the end before we degrade to be practically hopeless

[@mrlee6516]

Underrated

[@Kavukamari]

no kidding

[@kobiromano6115]

I'd look at it as "Capitalism solves problems, eventually"

[@jishwashah2858]

This video is so amazing getting technical while giving the scientists credit. I'm using it as my main reference for a post-grad presentation. Love from India.

[@willgouin445]

I would be thrilled if i turned on the nightly news and saw: breaking news, a new bacteria named romper stomper plastic chomper has been discovered

[@toastiboi7618]

The media: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t see that

[@nicwat10]

It good that they don't show could you imagine how much more plastic that people would throw

[@Aknayelth]

@@nicwat10 true

[@Aknayelth]

I think is the only time i will actually understand why they will not show this

[@thenatureofnurture6336]

Scaring the public to take actions is the main purpose owners of the media have for it. Bad news is the only good news in their eyes.

[@Name-kd5jj]

Too busy bitching about Trump to cover real stories. Whether you like Trump or not you gotta admit they need to leave him alone.

[@klaxxor]

"Life, Uh, Finds a Way" - Dr. Ian Malcolm

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

It typically takes its time though.

[@Life-tastic]

HEHEHE PLASTIC GOES GURGLES

[@Insomnia4321]

@@TheAkashicTraveller evolution is a slow process

[@quinndepatten4442]

With or without humanity

[@te4186]

Delighted to have discovered this channel. Some well-presented and highly relevant content here that I will continue to look out for. Thank you !

[@colinsmith1495]

I had heard the basics of this, that we discovered a bacterium that eats some of our more 'indestructible' plastics, but I hadn't heard the details of enzyme isolation and manipulation. This was fascinating. And yes, they should have named it Romper Stomper Plastic Chomper.

[@Katsunai]

So basically if this Romper stomper actually grows to huge numbers and is able to speedily degrade plastic, then it's both good and bad. Good- Plastic can be degradable. Bad- Plastic can be degradable. Ooof

[@misterae6430]

Just keep the bacteria and plastic u want to degrade isolated. The bacteria has noo way of surviving if it doesnt have plastic to feed on

[@karmotrine8837]

That's kinda the thing, though. Plastic is sorta everywhere...

[@healthya7975]

Plastic surgery better be scared

[@lukedaniel8654]

@Dog Faced Pony Soldier great idea 👏🏽

[@lukedaniel8654]

@@healthya7975 😂👏🏽

[@PbasR]

Fast forward a bit “News: man comes back to see his car has been degraded half way after a 2 month trip”

[@Woolley_like_sheep]

Was thinking exactly that. Doesn’t this mean that all out plastic things will basically rot over time

[@gytux0258]

@@Woolley_like_sheep just need to keep them clean

[@Tore_Lund]

@@Woolley_like_sheep This is as big a threat as any pandemic. Not that we aren't capable of using other plastics, like the chlorinated ones, that are impossible to break down, but the cost and environmental consequences of substituting all plastic in the world? The thing with bacteria is they can exchange genomen between species, so one plastic eating bacteria becomes a plethora of strains eating different kinds of plastic.such bacteria, destroying most tech, is mind boggling

[@Rizzehh_]

@@Tore_Lund Well, I hope we humans can figure out ways to counter it.

[@babedont]

What about coating it with x substance, making a barrier?

[@cmoor8616]

NOTE: The DMT mentioned is not the same as the psychedelic, do NOT ingest.

[@Bleilock1]

i wondered if somebody else noticed the DMT xD

[@l.jamesbarlow3137]

Joe Rogan thanks you for the heads up! :)

[@aaron9632]

It’s kinda crazy though because DMT tastes and smells like burnt plastic

[@leehall6645]

Why tell idiots that?

[@matthijsvanveen]

Thnx I was wondering about it 🤣

[@cymes82]

"Nature has learnt how to eat our plastic!" Millions of fish and turtles: *Are we a joke to you?*

[@jackrutledgegoembel5896]

that one hurt

[@houraisanproductions5879]

@@jackrutledgegoembel5896 ikr

[@zynel413]

@@jackrutledgegoembel5896 This gets 6 yikes out of 10.

[@CaptainK-eo4dp]

Lmao

[@ΓιώργοςΣωμαράκης-ξ3ψ]

So let me get this straight you think that the millions of turtles and fishes should be eating the plastic and die.

[@nathanrolle7931]

Nature: *finds a way to deal with pollution* Humans: (write that down, Write that down)

[@GuidoF16]

That’s called photosynthesis.

[@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479]

@@GuidoF16 photosynthesis absorbs radiation from the sun, not plastic

[@Adub12]

That’s how you know that Man cannot beat nor escape nature and nature will always prevail.

[@lainbecomehuman4612]

Humans always copywriting

[@tdzbacon3640]

I mean, Nature IS supposed to adapt to changes, it’s not suprising.

[@saulw6270]

Don’t let joe Rohan find out dMt breaks down plastic it’ll change his world

[@nukacola9456]

King Saul rogan*

[@pnutimusthe1st]

What about Dave Gondor?

[@jjackandbrian5624]

It's not the same chemical, the one in the video has no effect on humans, only causing damage when it comes in contact with your eyes. Different chemical, same abbreviation.

[@ananousous]

"God told me to destroy Joe Rogan!"

[@TaddiestMason]

the dmt is a component of plastic, it doesn't break it down. did you watch the video? it was very clear.

[@emiliocisneros7745]

Sir, hats off. I find your explanations beautifully presented and plainly logical to follow for a layman. I am a chemist but I love the scientific and technical support of your videos and the degree of depth and bibliographic references. Thanks so much.

[@KovahhavoK]

"Did someone say DMT?" *Joe Rogan has entered chat*

[@saltyapostle44]

I left a similar comment then looked below to see who beat me to it.

[@SahilP2648]

@@saltyapostle44 Joe Rogan IS DMT. Lmao I want to try it once and go to another dimension, into a black hole, emerge out of a white hole in another universe and find 10 dimensional beings trying to tell me why emergence, this universe, and life exists

[@unocualqu1era]

In my opinion, I think both of you say things that are true. For most people, psychedelics are not useful because they're not ready for them and won't use them for self-improvement and meditation. For most people, using good old fashioned brain power and reflection is how you develop your inner realm. I also agree with the fact that you have to set your own goals for how you want to be and put in the work and taking enough drugs will set you backwards, and that includes psychedelics. But I do think psychedelics can be insightful and helpful in rare cases to snap people out of bad situations, and there were studies about helping against alcohol addiction for example, but that's assuming they're also the kind of person to get any useful effects of psychedelics. And by kind of person I mean a very complex combination of personality and current mental state, I'm not talking about open minds or weird shamanistic rituals or anything else. They shouldn't be ignored by the scientific community as a novel treatment for rare cases of addiction, depression, etc. More research should be done about DMT, LSD and also Ketamine. I think they're not a magic solution to anything, but they can be the kick some people need to start changing their lives for the better. However it's important to point that it's just a kick, a spark to light the flame, and then you'd have to keep the flame going by yourself. It's not something you'd use to do the work and the thinking for you (because it won't).

[@28russ]

Yep, knew this comment would be here

[@ka-ge7870]

Bob Bobbertson You’re a moron. Anyone who smokes enough of it WILL breakthrough and encounter beings. Everyone don’t listen to this tool. He thinks he is special. He is not. Listen to Terence McKenna on how to smoke it and make sure you smoke enough and you will leave your body and beings will find you.

[@Starphot]

There was a science fiction novel in the late 1970's or 80's that had a bacteria in a London (?) sewer that mutated to eat plastics. This bacteria then mutated further to infect plastics used for more permanent structures causing mayhem as everyday appliances to a Martian lander were failing due to the plastic parts turning to sludge. I don't remember the title or author though.

[@RunnerBeanzDad]

Mutant 59, dramatised in the Doomwatch TV drama series.

[@vyse102]

That's a fascinating premise. I want to read it now.

[@warzone822]

you tripped me up. i was aying sweat some of the trash islands will get cleaned up. to ahh shit, the vast majority of consumer goods and some construction involves plastic.

[@johndonovan7897]

I would have guessed John Wyndam, but he was earlier. See Day of The Triffids. Great book.

[@mikochild2]

@@johndonovan7897 I love day of the triffids. I don't run across too many people who have read or seen it

[@villnthefield.8881]

I live in America this is the best news I’ve heard in 2 years...

[@AOitsAO]

So you live in Peru or something

[@bwebb90]

@@AOitsAO hahha =/

[@RustingPeace]

@@AOitsAO usa... Someone in peru would never say he lives in america

[@misterae6430]

I fel you, even though im from Europe. America hasnt been in its best shape for quite some time now.. :/

[@zyan983]

Trump lol, feel sorry for you guys

[@RedWinePlease]

Thanks!

[@JustHaveaThink]

Thanks for your support. Much appreciated 😀

[@mayflowerlash11]

Excellent and clear description of a technical issue.

[@Justwantahover]

Hope it will be as clear as the plastic bottles.

[@Lvl18Meep]

"Some Japanese scientist found out that a bacteria uses DMT to break down plastic, Jamie pull that up"

[@Mageblood]

I know you’re joking but it’s a different DMT if you didn’t know, Dimethyl Tryptamine is the Joe Rogan one

[@Rockstar-uq4li]

''Jamie pull my pants up."

[@KSmithwick1989]

Is it true that you can harvest DMT, by running butter knife on Joe Rogan's scalp?

[@FrostBitey10]

Looool

[@davisnicholas9123]

@@KSmithwick1989 or you can lick it directly

[@knightsofnee8626]

Just to clarify for some people: this DOES NOT mean we should KEEP POLLUTING LIKE WE ARE.

[@lucaslucas191202]

I mean that fully depends on how good they become. If they end up degrading plastic in a manner of days throwing into the ocean would be like throwing leaves in there. Though that's not likely to happen

[@typoriver3651]

@@lucaslucas191202 Kinda off topic a bit, but I'm a marine biologist that goes out to sea a lot. One of the strangest things I've seen are fully intact leaves floating out in the middle of the ocean that come up in dredges. No damage, no decomposition, no degradation at all. I can't explain what it is about leaves that the ocean just doesn't really affect them, but I can tell you it is weird. Not that I'm saying you shouldn't toss leaves into the ocean, but I'm just saying that simile doesn't really work lol.

[@timothymcalpin3147]

Actually this would automatically make recycling plastic a lot more useful. But this brings up the question of what other synthetic materials bacteria can evolve to eat.

[@alinastanescu4430]

Yes, this means we should polute more(I am joking)

[@knightsofnee8626]

@@lucaslucas191202 I had the feeling some people would just see the thumbnail or watch the first 3 minutes and be like "Well, problem solved!".

[@SpiritmanProductions]

Entertaining _and_ informative. Thank you!

[@Shinzo1001]

Why do I feel like I'm in a back alley and I'm being told something I'm not supposed to know?

[@wyattguilliams9472]

@@richardflynn4112 Not as weird as it use to be trust me

[@Pugtail]

Cause ur high

[@Sarcastican_]

Ah yes, gimme that crunchy boootle.

[@Spplaart]

Why would you type that

[@utamakunind7992]

Lmao

[@adminbob_]

why

[@adminbob_]

i’m going to cry

[@blankblank5409]

[Text Here] 😭

[@pandakees]

I'm fully aware that the "worse news topics" you often bring, you know, the ones that make you feel really uncomfortable, are very necessary to be heard. I totally appreciate that. But every once in a while, after watching your video's, like now, I feel hopefull in stead of worried, and that is definitely valuable as well. Thanks Dave !

[@williambarnes5023]

Nope, this is still bad. Bacteria that can eat plastic means all our medical supplies are no longer sterile. The plastic bags? Nom nom. The tubes? Nom. The filters? Nom. The barriers? Nom. The bottles? Nom. Gonna have to go back to glass and steel.

[@williambarnes5023]

@Jack Hayhurst Oh, "just improve" them, huh. That simple. Wow, you're a genius. Next let's just stop wars, and people from starving. Man, I dunno why people thought these were hard problems for hundreds of years when we can "just improve" things.

[@James-fe7wd]

@@williambarnes5023 Maybe you haven't noticed the staggering pace of technology advancements?

[@Cernunnnos]

@@James-fe7wd Only the most likely solution would be the creation of plastics that aren't consumable by the bacteria. Bringing us back to stage one.

[@mariobros7834]

@@williambarnes5023 not really. The natural enzyme is very slow and that specific bacteria would have to be inside the pallets in storage facilities and transportation vehicles. What they are using in experiments is an enzyme, not a full bacterium.

[@NewEarthAwakening]

I believe the actual Thomas Edison quote was “Genius is 1% inspiration, and 99% ripping ideas off Nikola Tesla, destroying his body of work with thugs, and having your friends write the history books for you.”

Factually Tesla was a front man promoted as GE's version of Edison. In reality US industry was stealing ip hand over fist from every corner of the planet and claiming it as it's own. You have in effect fallen for an ad campaign that's over a century old.

[@coolpoolshark]

@ Then, how come Tesla still died poor? And, did you know Edison co-founded GE? GE version of Edison sounded illogical.

@@coolpoolshark You should learn the meanings of words.

[@coolpoolshark]

@ You should learn to speak meaningful words.

@@coolpoolshark This is called writing not speaking, yet another example.

[@GlennElliottKeller]

Sludge that eats garbage discovered in Japan. 2020: Muk is born Guys Pokémon is becoming real.

[@NetiNeti-gm5bz]

The Anime country is showing us our reality is a hologram

[@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869]

I have a dog that runs a muk

[@Cernumospete]

So, you wanna tell me we can get a Charizard within this century?

[@viperswhip]

@@Cernumospete got to make the muk piles fight each other right? I am not a pokemon fan

[@earlaweese]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@thechumpsbeendumped.7797]

“It’s not a scientific term you Muppet”🤣 That line alone earned my subscription.

[@silimarina.]

and that look on his face

[@HenrijsEglitis]

;D

[@StefanReich]

Definitely not scripted (heh) but funny

[@tonyromano6220]

Dump Chump 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@Ironsight_Player]

So when do human trials start? I've been dying to eat plastic.

[@scally2112]

You are already eating it, every day

[@lurr875]

Kevin Fairbrother yeah

[@Ironsight_Player]

@@scally2112 true

[@JetpacksWasYes2]

its already all in your body. you consume it. breath it. touch it everyday. it's part of why we're so fucked health wise

[@flax9999lp]

@@JetpacksWasYes2 Jeez good to know and i thought its the smoking, alcoholism, lack of excercise and general unhappiness that makes me feel like shit. Any solid proof that meh good ol'Plastic actually harms me in a significant way? If there is i really like to know but uh. Until know its just, meh, microplastic. Kinda sounds like it sucks then again theres plenty of things i cant digest that are just passed out again. If the body has no reason to pick it up, it just tosses it out like the husks of corn right?

[@corvetteenthusiast5163]

1:39 "It's not a scientific term now is it you muppet". Simply hilarious. 😂😂😂😂

[@Dodgerog]

Wondered why he kept looking off to the side! -) Its always good to have ‘helpful’ input to bring you back down to earth.

[@franco2739]

50 years, wow! that's not even a blink in evolutionary time lines.

[@silimarina.]

well bacteria have a short life span, so in 50 years they had thousands of generations

[@tantofirewater6707]

The evolutionary timeline doesn’t exist. This is what’s called, micro evolution... and is not bound by time rather than generational output. Now if this microorganism were to change from a unicellular to multicellular organism that fed on plastic.... well then we would more than likely have a huge problem on our hands 😂

[@ZZMAU-m5t]

@@tantofirewater6707 Would really appreciate it if you don't make threats like that in 2020. You'll never know what could happen.

[@jackbright2125]

@@tantofirewater6707 There's no such thing as micro-evolution or macro-evolution... there's just evolution.

[@hauntified9060]

@@jackbright2125 Micro-evolution is something creationists made up when they didn't have any answer for Noah's Ark.But since they knew some questions that they were getting asked could not have been explained without evolution so they called it micro-evolution

[@Guts-the-Berserker]

*George Carlin called it!* "The Earth will just incorporate plastic into a new paradigm, the Earth + plastic."

[@nathanvangoor4979]

It doesn't really matter that nature started dealing with plastic, he would have been right regardless. If he had replaced 'the Earth' with 'the carbon cycle' he would have 'called it'. That's because 'the Earth + plastic' is just 'the Earth + plastic' and nothing more.

[@globalthinker4003]

George Carlin knew it in 1992 already: ”The Planet is a self-correcting system. And if it’s true that plastic isn’t degradeable, the planet will simply encorporate plastic in to a new paradigm, the planet + plastic.”

[@joshmarden9933]

Fun thought! George Carlin is the embodiment of the Universe, a "god" given gift to the inhabitants of this planet. Brilliant man.

[@Ziru0Gaming]

I was gonna say the same shit. Good thing I found your comment!

[@infinitefretboard]

Thanks. I was actually gonna mention this!

[@jillvalentinefan77]

Carlin was a visionary may he rest in peace.

[@nazaG_89]

well yeah here im waiting when some bacteria would eat nuclear waste bc that shit would last thousand of years even beyond our existence

[@afnankhokhar5578]

So glad to have found your channel. Keep up the good work!

[@ElCampeador99]

Instagram Models: “I’m in danger!”

[@mashable8759]

Oh no 😂

[@youngchap4941]

lol

[@kevinbelho115]

Boyfriend throws plastic easting sludge on instagram influencer in a rare case of domestic violence.

[@pushatsinfrared]

This made my day 😂

[@MolltyChannel]

hahahahahhaha

[@remveel2443]

This is a great news, but I hope this doesn't change the fact that we should solve pollution. Not because nature does her part doesn't mean we don't do ours

[@youtubeaccount8056]

RONTIOZ FARRENGGOT agreed!

[@Ladis1]

Damn right.

[@maxk5065]

you didn't fully understood, they won't grow and realease those bacterias so that they multiply and do their job, they copy the enzyme so that they can sell a non multiplying version that you'll have to pay each time. rich country ll have plastic free rivers but poor ones won't and who ll pay for the entire ocean? no one... we NEVER do our part, american indian did, other groups like them did but we civilised man only extract more energy for more confort, welcolme to capitalism.

[@icouldntthinkofagoodname7216]

You can't stop it. Even if we start acting now, we can't repair the ozone layer.

[@AdolfHitler-pm3lc]

@@icouldntthinkofagoodname7216 Ozone layer has been show to repair itself, the hole that was present in 2009? Whatever year it was, has closed up

[@shimeih2287]

What wat wrong with romper stomper plastic chomper? Lady in background : It's not a scientific term is it you Muppet?😂😂😂😂

[@ericr154]

Yours is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Thank you for all the knowledge. Have a great day!

[@keithng5249]

I've heard about the plastic chomping bacteria discovered by Japanese scientists a few years back and was always wondering what had happened since. Kudos for making this informative video with such crystal clear updates on this solution of one of our biggest headaches of humanity

[@shopdog831]

Dose this mean that all those plastic water pipes that cities have been installing to replace iron and clay pipes are at risk of being Eaton.

[@virtualtools_3021]

should go back to using copper, that metal is naturally bactericidal, and fairly resistant to corrosion as well.

[@shopdog831]

@@virtualtools_3021 bronze would be better.

[@wedmunds]

Carbon fibre is the safest.

[@wedmunds]

The plastic pipes are made of PVC, polyvinyl chloride, not PET.

[@han090]

@@virtualtools_3021 But the risk of copper in the drinking water is huge

[@FortoFight]

We're so lucky that the right people discovered this "sludge". Imagine if it had just been cleaned up without anyone thinking anything more of it.

[@JuanGuzzoSantana]

I was also thinking about it that way. In other perspective, imagine how much of these bacteria could be out there just waiting to be discovered? As he said in the video, it's just a matter of searching our junk :v

[@styromaniac6967]

I've seen plastic plates slowly melt in a gunky setting. These microbes are likely more common than we think.

[@Ldsyldsy]

Exactly as commenters have said. They are probably happening in many places, and nobody else paid attention to them.

[@monad_tcp]

Wow, this is a major breakthrough, just like lignin.

[@thecommentguy9380]

Human: Makes lots of plastics. Nature: Improvise, adapt, overcome.

[@S3Mi87]

1. Humans are part of the nature. 2. Humans are the fastest and best adapting organisms nature created so far. 3. It will be humans that will use these bacteria on mass scale to remove all redundant plastic from "nature" in no time.

[@mysigt_]

DEVlIIL ”nature” is the chain. It has no position on the chain.

[@33du27]

@@mysigt_ nah bro i passed nature yesterday

[@ivanstephenlagangan4824]

Man I missed this meme. hahaha

[@memoofjacoboarbenzjuanarev9724]

And we human are like Darwanism this Darwinism that and only think of the bad part where you got to out compete others like it's all evolution is.

[@renatoacampora6400]

The research is 4 years old, still on the edge of a environmental disaster

[@navigator9905]

yes the world is ending

[@terrymcnickle332]

I can see this getting out of control and munching away on my plastic barbie car as I whizz down the road, ultimately killing me

[@denosaur4444]

I'm glad that I'm not the only one riding around in a barbie car. It's my secret on how to get the ladies. ;)

[@manictiger]

@@denosaur4444 I drive in an MLP car so that women stay away from me.

[@bioemiliano]

@@manictiger I've using it since 2004 to save my virginity

[@lumotroph]

This is fantastic! What clear presentation. Thank you

[@abyssent]

british guy : dmt JRE fans : now this is the type of content i came for

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

Ohhhh yeeees

[@Leksaboi]

I 3 fi

[@amentrison2794]

Lol different chemical structure in case anyone genuinely thought it was the same molecule

[@aaranbooth2094]

It’s entirely possible that the bacteria took dmt

[@BigpapamoneymanMVPtypebeat]

amentrison was gonna say same thing , close though

[@queZxXx]

What's the wifi password? Check the back of the router *back of the router:* 6:18

[@bushmaster6894]

LMAO When I saw that and he said, "... now familiar lettering system..." I was like, yeah no that's not familiar to anyone but you.

[@xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

Nice picture!

[@stewartcaldwell5299]

No, the other back !

[@richmcgee434]

It's easy to envision a future where rapidly adapting plastic-eating organisms run wild, making plastics unusable for most of the roles they're currently used for. That would be fairly disastrous - plastics aren't just waste material in packaging, after all. So maybe some caution about deliberately trying to selectively breed for more effective plastic-eaters is called for, before we wind up with another one of the many examples of a hasty fix having worse side effects than the original problems.

[@michaelmclaughlin261]

It would devastate space exploration

[@garminteractive7864]

most construction and other heavy us plastics are made of PVC not PET. PVC is way stronger

[@garminteractive7864]

these only eat packaging/disposable plastic for now and hopefully they dont start eating pvc anytime soon, regardless i think its a risk we have to take at this point with all the plastic pollution

[@PolarIre]

@@garminteractive7864 2054. Humanity is in a race against time to collect cheap plastics cross the globe before enzymes destroy our very way of life

[@richmcgee434]

@@michaelmclaughlin261 If you've ever read the novel Andromeda Strain, that is literally what happens in the end (unlike the movie, which is not a wholly faithful adaptation). The implication is that the virus (which has evolved to devour various types of plastics) spreads throughout the upper atmosphere, making future spaceflight insanely risky. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Strain

[@ernestocaamano7818]

Meanwhile, humans have been eating plastic since the invention of kraft American cheese singles 😁 and other copy cats of the same product

[@teekotrain6845]

Margarine is one molecule away fro being a plastic. Lol

[@briseboy]

THe first plastics were bakelite, phenol and formaldehyde, developed in 1907 (part;y, tragically, from wood. The next was Rayon - nitrocellulose, developed, again, from living trees. in 1832. In 1855 by Georges Audemars. Acette film for pictures 1910 (the older stuff wold brn too easil fom the heat of projectors and speed.) Polyamide - Nlon - Dupont labs in late 1920s, better than silk. But as yet, spider silk remains stronger than any manmade fiber, though those plastics have made products that can vary between stretchable and unbreakability enough to use fo to stop bullets. The world welcomes the bacteria that can eat it, and their genomes are carefully sequestered from public, probably to keep Coca Cola corporation alive, as I wold love to shed some of those bacteria at the numerous bottling plants that contribute to dewatering springs, water tables and desert valleys of many mountains I know. It's NO secret thta Americans eat plastic and garbage - just go to an of theri fast food joints. You, too can quickly attain the sexy shape of a soccer ball - 40% of America is Obese, and almost 70% strive to imitate the football shape ethic, calling it "curvy."

[@deus_ex_machina_]

You're supposed to remove the plastic film before consumption...

[@ernestocaamano7818]

@@deus_ex_machina_ your joke was cute but not hilarious 😒😒

[@KuriusOranj]

I've always found it hilarious that the worst cheese product on the planet is proudly called, American cheese. Cracks me up every time.

[@miguelolandesca9342]

“hahhah yummi botle” -strange sludge, 2020

[@GameMasterWLC]

Clever pile of stuff

[@guzel_games]

"romper stomper plastic chomper"

[@A129WOLFY]

I can hear mother nature saying "god i gotta do EVERYTHING on this god damn planet"

[@TheFisterin]

Mother nature says: "God, why did you have to invent these polluting creatures, were not animals sufficient?🤯"

[@Einwetok]

Probably took it personally, she's the most successful serial killer.

[@blackbomber72]

Earth is like a caring mother who tries to clean up after us, and we are just inmature teenagers

[@garnknopf155]

@@CharlesNauck he didnt say, that the earth itself is sentient, but that the whole ecosystem is working on fixing itself again. we destroy it and it tries to regenerate itself again. so youre clearly the idiot

[@captaincaspin5035]

goddamnit, fuckin bacteria ate my scotch tape again

[@hughjanus4482]

@@captaincaspin5035 Should have used flex tape instead.

[@theorangeheadedfella]

@douglas wahid uhh the earth doesnt eat trash and people its not alive.. haha

[@artist6696]

@@CharlesNauck You should learn how to argue a point.

[@matthewbrightman3398]

Recently started watching your content. Very happy!!

[@pogmonke5217]

Me: Steps on Lego Also me: Poors bacteria on Lego

[@skullies3580]

Pours*

[@MinogamiMakoto]

@@skullies3580 I think the joke is that he step on some bacteria on top of lego, not that he poured bacteria on lego

[@josiahferrell5022]

@@MinogamiMakoto The OP can step in and settle this if they want, but imo, that is not the intention of the comment. It is just a misspelling.

[@frederikrandbll7159]

@@khoado2060 The true meaning will be impossible to settle now. I personally believe that he feels bad for the bacteria

[@stardy8131]

He made bacteria poor on the lego, what a jerk

[@Maitch3000]

I have actually known this story for quite a while, but I appreciate the depth you went into explaining it.

[@plepshoemouse]

"let us know your thoughts in the comments below" the comments: SCIENCE MEMES

[@exll-_-9594]

bill ny the science guy

[@pqaza_]

Wheres the funny???

[@veyrix1418]

@Skeleton Masher I fully agree, I didn't even move my mouth while reading those bad jokes lmao, even yours was more funny. :D

[@definitelynotagenocider5204]

Intentional irony

[@augustvansuchtelen1723]

thank you kindly for all the videos you provided in the past present and future .. their all very enjoyable and I always learn from them you earned my subscription as well

[@stevem5814]

Nobody: Nature: *MODERN PROBLEMS REQUIRE MODERN SOLUTIONS*

[@notblu_e]

LMAOOO

[@yimmy7160]

only mitochondria eating it are older than we are, we just found out recently that it eats it, but very slowly

[@stevem5814]

@@yimmy7160 Yeah, plastic already normally decomposes very slowly, a couple thousand years I think. Also, why are you awake at 3:00 AM?

[@ednelson4905]

MODERN PROBLEMS REQUIRE NATURAL SOLUTIONS!!!

@@stevem5814 world has different time-zones

[@dingdingdingdiiiiing]

Well then one day, we're going to observe how the tv just randomly started rotting. Not to mention water and sewer pipes....

[@mush2016]

Simple 😁, we’ll just create something more indestructible 🙃.

[@ihaventshoweredforayearbut247]

And then make sure to use it only when necessary

[@VexChoccyMilk]

No u like for bottles and novelty sunglasses

[@taritangeo4948]

Oh god all the fancy plastic piping.

[@garminteractive7864]

they already do tho ive seen tvs literally explode and sewer pipes literally explode and water literally explode

[@jeetskeet8162]

Next thing you know: they mutate and start eating into more materials, and take over the world! 2020: write that down, write that down!

[@MattSmith-yq3rr]

See: The Day The Earth Stood Still (Keanu Reeves version)

[@dadawoodslife]

already written: Mutant 59: The Plastic Eater by Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis (1971) Mutant bacterias escapes lab into drains, eats water pipes, insulation on electricity cables, downfall of civilization...

[@roberttan2464]

I was thinking the same thing while I was watching

[@hatsoff1084]

@@MattSmith-yq3rr just like that movie says "this is NOT your planet"

[@arharshalpatwardhan1452]

Great simple video . You are doing a great job sir of enlightening the world about it.

[@Lazulite]

This is actually big news I hope this gets more attention

[@lukasdegrieck8508]

Idk man humans are still stupid not the smart ones but most humans are stupid they are gonne think that plastic littering is ok now it isn't good if every one is now gonne litter more we will kill the chance for the fungus development

[@NoobieLandCity]

@@lukasdegrieck8508 True we should keep this hidden from the population if they hear this.. people gonna litter more thinking it's fine.

[@ShallowDepression]

It won't get any traction right now cuz the "we all racist" bs movement is the loudest right now.

[@alikhamis3367]

@@ShallowDepression And a fucking disease is still running around.

[@ShallowDepression]

@@alikhamis3367 Yeah, that story fizzled out a little while back, hence why you're not seeing the media call out the rioters for not social distancing. You'll hear about a second wave when the Trump rallies start back up, and what a coincidence that'll be...

[@mikado0957]

Him: omg i lost my phone, where it is? Me: the nature ate it

[@oof4433]

,-.-,

[@ammarsp]

Not again

[@notimportant4484]

Nature ate my homework

[@fas8719]

He keeps looking to his right like he’s worried his wife is gonna throw something at him lol. Probably a plastic bottle...

[@smashexentertainment676]

That's where he has a flip out screen on a camera.

[@zhelock420]

Or he knows he's wanted for revealing this

[@bertwesler1181]

A Taiwanese high school student found a plastic eating germ on the gut of a common horned bottle that lives in the mountains of Taiwan. Coincidentally, in the same year an American high school student found a other gut microbe that also eat plastic. (I don't recall the creature it came from.) So, as the Jurassic Park aphorism goes; "Life will find a way."

[@Lucas-wb8px]

Imagine if this got out of hand and this bacteria spread everywhere and started eating tons of stuff that has plastic in it like phone and wires and computers

[@jattin278]

That was the reason, the enzyme was isolated and mass produced without the actual use of bacteria

[@sm79165]

@@jattin278 sure they might have thought of that, but have they taken in to consideration that one person that will find and release the bacteria (claiming was animal cruelty for it not to be in the wild or whatever) just so they can watch the world burn, maybe they should wipe it out just in case

[@mjm3091]

Bacterias aren't that lively - most of them wouldn't survive in dry and clean environment. I mean look at other resources humans use: wood, stone, metals, concrete. All of them would either rot and/or erode through time. The maintenance is what is important. If anything the wide-spread would be good. We would keep extremely strong material, that we could easily dispose of after the use.

[@loctite222ms]

Funny that I saw a similar idea in a Sci-Fi book decades ago. The story mentioned an organism that learned to eat polyethylene and industry had to stop using it. Was in one of Larry Niven's Ringworld books I think...

[@GeeseFX]

Same thing with cigarette butts. I lived at a friend's house who was a big smoker, and outside on the porch he had an unused flower box with dirt in it where he put out a bunch of his cigarettes. I noticed over to three or four years that I've lived there, they would actually be decomposed and even a sort of moss would grow on them and start to feed off them. Eventually they would look like earth or sticks and completely natural.

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

"lost"?

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

@Jimothy Yes that might make sense.

[@GeeseFX]

@@g-r-a-e-m-e- moss was right. I corrected it

[@GeeseFX]

@Bobis Vajine well then it might be logical to suggest that those microfibers would also retain moisture at some level and eventually decompose as well.

[@GeeseFX]

@Bobis Vajine that's an interesting thought.

[@melaniefelicityagsten6301]

Today was a very good program, wonderful to hear about the discovery of petase and the paper product. Thank You

[@leoclark5831]

This new way to break down plastic is f*ng AWESOME!!!

[@occultbass]

Calling that chemical at 4:01 DMT feels so wrong considering Dimethyl Tryptamine is also called DMT, and is a more common term.

[@manowa3395]

Yeeeaaaahh... DMT being known as a phycadelic substance isn't the most flashy.

[@cyborgpunkmonk]

That's what I automatically think of too. But I guess to be fair, some acronyms will have multiple meanings. Such as lol being 'laugh out loud' and 'lots of love'. XD

[@cyborgpunkmonk]

@@zacharyreynolds4303 every day **takes sip from water bottle**

[@manowa3395]

@@cyborgpunkmonk *Crunches on plastic* Mmmmmmm

[@razaqadeanova3255]

Everybody gangsta untill mother earth starts to eat plastic

[@wilsonphillips697]

Just found your channel. Great presentation and thank you for the links to the supporting documentation.

[@123tommychen]

The problem that I see with this is bacteria eating roofing and siding. Which will inevitably lead to new coatings, sprays, etc to increase lifespan of outdoor plastic materials.

[@electroplaque]

They are talking about using enzymes, not bacteria. Enzymes don't keep multiplying by themselves. So it's just like any other chemical, if you spray it in the wrong place it's going to destroy stuff.

[@virtualtools_3021]

roofing is made of plastic? i thought it was bitumen or metal.

[@SeppukuYamaneko]

Or you know, we could go back to using more natural materials like stone, wood, metals and glass etc. Not everything that's made out of plastic today has to be made in plastic.

[@123tommychen]

@@electroplaque Aren't they using the genetically modified bacteria to produce the enzyme? Eventually it will get out and become like mold and fungus, except annoyingly eating your plastic trash can outside. Hopefully this can't travel too easily.

[@TrollHiddenCave]

Hold on so you're telling me there's DMT in plastic? Don't nobody tell Joe Rogan he might start eating bottles.

[@RubelliteFae]

Same DM, different T

[@cybercab]

Now that was funny

[@maykolllopez1585]

Jamie pull that up.

[@PresidentFlip]

The t is a tryptamine in DMT

[@cybercab]

Troll Hidden Cave Man, drugs has more spelling issues than I expected!

[@dookiebutter4947]

Theres also a species of mushroom producing fungi that was found at a recycling plant in pakistan I believe (very likely wrong) that could break down certain plastic. One of these Im pretty sure was polystyrene which would be pretty substantial. It makes sense since we have so many samples of plastic waste around the earth that if the mutation causing the ability to break the stuff down happened it would be extremely successful. Thank you Mother Earth

[@freedapeeple4049]

www.intelligentliving.co/edible-mushroom-eating-plastic#:~:text=In%202012%2C%20students%20from%20Yale,comes%20from%20the%20Amazon%20rainforest.&text=It%20consumes%20polyurethane%20(the%20main,converts%20it%20into%20organic%20matter.

[@mudassiransari5819]

nature is great and your work is also good to pass information among us.