• Dem Bosain@midwest.social
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    1 month ago

    Yeah? And once the heavy metal is removed, where does it go? It’s not like they have little woodlouse dump trucks to cart it away.

    • Track_ShovelOPM
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      1 month ago

      Back into the soil, unfortunately, but it is still cool that they can tolerate high levels of metals.

      If you want to bioremediate in earnest, look to sunflowers, and a few others.

  • cm0002@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Wait. who hates rollie pollies???

    I am NO friend to bugs, but even I can chill with some rollie pollies