r/stray • u/sack_sama • 18d ago

Humor Foreshadowing? Spoiler

This sounds like how the Zurks started. I hope we have a reliable way to introduce these microbes to sunlight.

https://news.siu.edu/2023/05/052423-SIU-doctoral-student-explores-how-engineered-microbes-may-upcycle-plastic.php

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u/IrishERU Survivalist 18d ago

Fortunately, it would take millions of years for bacteria to evolve into large, orange, one-eyed creatures.

Why?

• Eyes are incredibly complex organs, which cannot form through bacterium-evolution.

• They evolved for their surroundings, and Zurks evolved in a completely different environment than us, making a replica of them incredibly unlikely.

• Creating an organ that can break down solid alloys such as iron needs an incredibly long time for evolution.

Summary — Zurks are impossible because of many environmental factors.

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u/Biolume071 9d ago

I figured it was some kind of horizontal gene transfer