Scientists Discover Superworm Eats Plastic | Zophobas Morio

Australian scientists have found the Zophobas morio - commonly known as the Superworm - can survive eating only plastic. Can these Superworms save us from the plastic pollution building up in our oceans?

0:00 Plastic has been found in Human Blood
1:53 What are Microplastics?
3:46 The Superworm - Zophobas morio
3:56 The study
5:06 How Superworms break down plastic
6:18 How PET Plastic is broken down
6:58 Two good outcomes
7:21 How to stop plastic pollution
9:02 Conclusion


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