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minus-squareMTK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 months agoWait until you hear about deadly toxin producing bacteria. You only need about 6 kg of Clostridium botulinum to produce enough toxins to kill all mammals on earth. Assumptions: weight of a single bacterium is 1 picogram a single bacterium produces 0.5 picograms of toxin All mammals on earth are 1.4 gigatons of mass a lethal dose is 150 nanograms per kg
minus-squarePastafARRian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoGenocide is evolutionary beneficial for the toxin producer, maybe there’s a ring of truth to it. Poison everything around you, free up resources for yourself.
minus-squaremmddmm@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI always wondered if the toxin didn’t kill the bacteria.
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoBacteria doesn’t have nerve cells.
Wait until you hear about deadly toxin producing bacteria.
You only need about 6 kg of Clostridium botulinum to produce enough toxins to kill all mammals on earth.
Assumptions:
Genocide is evolutionary beneficial for the toxin producer, maybe there’s a ring of truth to it. Poison everything around you, free up resources for yourself.
I always wondered if the toxin didn’t kill the bacteria.
Bacteria doesn’t have nerve cells.