If this isn’t the most dystopian thing you’ve read today I don’t know what is.

Artificial Refugia (such as bat boxes) can be used to somewhat offset lost habitat, but it’s like replacing a rainforest with a plastic plant and calling it conservation. Further, unless they are meticulously designed, they can act as traps (trap animals inside), snack plates for predators, or even ‘cook’ the animals inside them.

  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    302·
    21 days ago

    They’re putting plastic balls into fields for mice that chew everything. So if you want to efficiently distribute micro plastics into the environment, I can’t think of a better solution.

    • miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      21 days ago

      The original tennis ball was actually made of wood and later transitioned to leather with sawdust as the material added inside for an extra bounce. Eventually, the inside of the tennis ball was stuffed with wool and the core was wrapped in twine.

      So, this no longer holds true?
      mea culpa!