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KTLA 5 on 2017-04-25 16:57

How the Plastic-Eating Wax Worm Is Helping Reduce Amounts of Human Waste

Here’s a caterpillar that thinks plastic tastes fantastic. Scientists have discovered that the larvae of the wax moth will easily munch through a ...

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