I just watched this video about gut microbes in termites. It is really fantastic.
You get to see how these bacteria and microbes live inside the gut of termites. Of course I have heard about the fact that termites don't actually digest wood - the microbes in their gut digest them. But there are so many kinds of microbes swimming around in there!
It makes me think about all the secret worlds that surround us, everywehre. What kind of bacteria nad microbes are living inside of our own guts, unbeknownst to us? How many do we need to survive?
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This is a fascinating topic! Within our own gut, we have only catalogued a small percentage of the microbes living in there.
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