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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I expected to see microbes here first. Insects have a slower reproduction cycle, so evolution should take longer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Well, it's the gut bacteria of those insects doing the breaking down, so it is still microbes. Just microbes hosted by worms.