Thread: On Climate Change and Evolution

Originally Posted by JMS

I have a pet rat that will eat almost anything. It eats plastic, greens, meat, grain products, you name it. Are you suggesting that this bacteria could not have sustained itself on other material?

If this bacteria existed, and could only eat nylon and nothing else, that is exactly what I'm suggesting.

If you are actually interested in organisms acquiring "new information" you could google "Richard Lenski E Coli".

Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the lab - life - 09 June 2008 - New Scientist

Originally Posted by xman

Hey JCD. Why propose something as ridiculous as bacteria eating nylon anyway. We all know they could never do that, right. Why not show us a real example, huh? Or are you chicken?

Hey look it was just a hypothetical. OK, I went too far, I don't know what I was thinking. But cut me some slack; it was a late night.

Oh, and be nice to CF1, he's my brothah.