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[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 34 points 3 months ago

They accumulate it in a specific organ, but they aren't magical alchemy machines. It stays in their bodies until they die, then they decompose and it goes back into the ground.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

they aren't magical alchemy machines

Biggest disappointment of this week.

[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago

So it's more like moving heavy metal from soil?

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah, unless you're going around and picking up all the tiny little bugs, you're not really doing anything to fix the pollution..

[-] oce@jlai.lu 8 points 3 months ago

Need a new survival craft game where you can tame isopods to collect precious metals.

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